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Language: en
Pages: 404
Pages: 404
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Stanford University Press
Exploring Dante's reading and how he transformed what he found, this book argues that the independence and strength of Dante's poetic stance stems from deep and
Language: en
Pages: 400
Pages: 400
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-03-15 - Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
In Dante's Commedia: Theology as Poetry, an international group of theologians and Dante scholars provide a uniquely rich set of perspectives focused on the rel
Language: en
Pages: 449
Pages: 449
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-11-26 - Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Dante Alighieri cited the Bible extensively in his Commedia, but also used his epic poem to meditate on the meaning of the Scriptures as a 'true' text. The Bibl
Language: en
Pages: 304
Pages: 304
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-02 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Dante's Philosophical Life argues that Purgatorio was intended to give instruction on how to live the philosophic life. Paul Stern's claim that Dante was arguin
Language: en
Pages: 321
Pages: 321
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-03-17 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
Dante's metaphysics--his understanding of reality--is very different from our own. To present Dante's ideas about the cosmos, or God, or salvation, or history,