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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Author : Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 368 pages

File Size : 10,53 MB

Release : 2012-02-21

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1442408928

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Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.



Dante Philomythes and Philosopher

Author : Patrick Boyde

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 424 pages

File Size : 43,89 MB

Release : 1981

Category : Literary Collections

ISBN : 9780521273909

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This book is devoted to a full and lucid exposition of Boyde's ideas. In the first two parts, the author presents a systematic account of the universe as Dante accepted it, and explains the processes of 'creation' and 'generation' as they operate in the non-human parts of the cosmos. Dr Boyde then shows how the two processes combine in Dante's theory of human embryology, and how this combination affects the issues of love, choice and freedom. The third and last part of the book consolidates these expository sections with a generous selection of quotations from Dante's authorities and from his own works in prose. At the same time, the book offers far more than a clear account of Dante's cosmology and anthropology. Dr Boyde is interested in Dante's ideas in so far as they inspired and gave shape to the Divine Comedy. Furthermore, in every chapter he demonstrates how the relevant concepts and habits of thought were transmuted into imagery, symbolism, and dramatic scenes, or simply transformed by the energy and concision of Dante's poetic style.



Dante's Cosmos

Author : John Freccero

Publisher : Bernardo Lecture Series

Page : 32 pages

File Size : 41,7 MB

Release : 1998

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN :

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Freccero argues that the Paradiso may be considered a medieval version of science fiction.



Dante and the Book of the Cosmos

Author : John G. Demaray

Publisher : American Philosophical Society

Page : 128 pages

File Size : 17,21 MB

Release : 1987

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 9780871697752

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This is a print on demand publication.



Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

Author : Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 528 pages

File Size : 48,69 MB

Release : 2021-10-12

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1534496211

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A #1 New York Times bestseller Four starred reviews! “Messily human and sincerely insightful.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The highly anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed, multiple award-winning novel Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is an “emotional roller coaster” (School Library Journal, starred review) sure to captivate fans of Adam Silvera and Mary H.K. Choi. In Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, two boys in a border town fell in love. Now, they must discover what it means to stay in love and build a relationship in a world that seems to challenge their very existence. Ari has spent all of high school burying who he really is, staying silent and invisible. He expected his senior year to be the same. But something in him cracked open when he fell in love with Dante, and he can’t go back. Suddenly he finds himself reaching out to new friends, standing up to bullies of all kinds, and making his voice heard. And, always, there is Dante, dreamy, witty Dante, who can get on Ari’s nerves and fill him with desire all at once. The boys are determined to forge a path for themselves in a world that doesn’t understand them. But when Ari is faced with a shocking loss, he’ll have to fight like never before to create a life that is truthfully, joyfully his own.



After Dante

Author : Peter Cookson Smith

Publisher :

Page : 324 pages

File Size : 11,43 MB

Release : 2021-03

Category :

ISBN : 9781951541538

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The book focused initially on the philosophical, artistic, and scientific forces that impacted on the humanist of the late Medieval and Renaissance period, profuse in the exchange of ideas and discovery, behind much of which was the impact of Dante's Divine Comedy with a message which continues to reverberate through the centuries. What has also persisted is the perpetual tension between science, religion, and design because of their perceived contradictions. The book explores how we might gain inspiration and motivation to embrace a consistent artistry and sense of exploration in the face of an ever-expanding knowledge-based frontier.



Cosmos

Author : Witold Gombrowicz

Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Page : 144 pages

File Size : 47,28 MB

Release : 2011-11-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0802195261

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A “creatively captivating and intellectually challenging” existential mystery from the great Polish author—“sly, funny, and . . . lovingly translated” (The New York Times). Winner of the 1967 International Prize for Literature Milan Kundera called Witold Gombrowicz “one of the great novelists of our century.” Now his most famous novel, Cosmos, is available in a critically acclaimed translation by the award-winning translator Danuta Borchardt. Cosmos is a metaphysical noir thriller narrated by Witold, a seedy, pathetic, and witty student, who is charming and appalling by turns. In need of a quiet place to study, Witold and his melancholy friend Fuks head to a boarding house in the mountains. Along the way, they discover a dead bird hanging from a string. Is this a strange but meaningless occurrence or is it the first clue to a sinister mystery? As the young men become embroiled in the Chekhovian travails of the family that runs the boarding house, Grombrowicz creates a gripping narrative where the reader questions who is sane and who is safe. “Probably the most important 20th-century novelist most Western readers have never heard of.” —Benjamin Paloff, Words Without Borders



He Forgot to Say Goodbye

Author : Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 299 pages

File Size : 49,42 MB

Release : 2008-06-17

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1416974946

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"I mean, it's not as if I want a father. I have a father. It's just that I don't know who he is or where he is. But I have one." Ramiro Lopez and Jake Upthegrove don't appear to have much in common. Ram lives in the Mexican-American working-class barrio of El Paso called "Dizzy Land." His brother is sinking into a world of drugs, wreaking havoc in their household. Jake is a rich West Side white boy who has developed a problem managing his anger. An only child, he is a misfit in his mother's shallow and materialistic world. But Ram and Jake do have one thing in common: They are lost boys who have never met their fathers. This sad fact has left both of them undeniably scarred and obsessed with the men who abandoned them. As Jake and Ram overcome their suspicions of each other, they begin to move away from their loner existences and realize that they are capable of reaching out beyond their wounds and the neighborhoods that they grew up in. Their friendship becomes a healing in a world of hurt. San Antonio Express-News wrote, "Benjamin Alire Sáenz exquisitely captures the mood and voice of a community, a culture, and a generation"; that is proven again in this beautifully crafted novel.



Between Fortune and Providence

Author : Joseph Crane

Publisher : Wessex Astrologer

Page : 318 pages

File Size : 40,42 MB

Release : 2012-02-01

Category : Astrology

ISBN : 9781902405759

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This book offers the reader an understanding of Dante's vast cosmology within the poem's moral, spiritual and dramatic contexts; it is an especially valuable resource for those interested in the intersection of cosmology or astrology and spirituality.



Dante

Author : John Freccero

Publisher : Harvard University Press

Page : 346 pages

File Size : 44,79 MB

Release : 1986

Category : Education

ISBN : 9780674192263

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[The essays] are arranged to follow the order of the "Comedy," and they form the perfect companion for a reader of the poem. Throughout Freccero operates on the fundamental premise that there is always an intricate and crucial dialectic at work between Dante the poet and Dante the pilgrim. -- from cover.