Description: ""Commentary and Ideology" makes a timely appearance into the theoretical discussions of today. Parker's work is informed by such theorists as Jauss and Bakhtin and by new developments in bibliographic studies, and this offers a perspective on her material which is both original and truly exciting."--Craig William Kellendorf, Texas A & M University
Review Quotes: "The vast corpus of medieval commentary on Dante has for far too long been either ignored, misunderstood, marginalised, or read for supposedly significant details, which wrenched from their context, have been made to serve needs of modern editors and critics--needs which are very different from those of the original commentators. It is time that this corpus was seen whole and in its proper historical context. Deborah Parker's book represents a major step in that direction. It should be read not just by Dantists but by anyone with an interest in medieval hermeneutics."--Alastair Minnis, University of York