Author : Rachel Jacoff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 11,89 MB
Release : 2007-02-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521844304
A fully updated 2007 edition of this useful and accessible coursebook on Dante's works, context and reception history.
Author : Aldo S. Bernardo
Publisher : Global Academic Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 18,41 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781586842635
An in-depth companion guide to Dante’s Divine Comedy.
Author : Peter J. Leithart
Publisher : Canon Press & Book Service
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 45,47 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1885767161
As one of the supreme Christian epic poems, Dante's Divine Comedy provides not only far more personality and emotional depth than the pagan epics, it also opens up all the issues on which Western history turns - truth, beauty, goodness, sin, sanctification, and triumph. For all that, C.S. Lewis loved the Comedy for its seemingly effortless poetry. In this guide Peter Leithart uses a biblical angle to open up the Comedy for students, high school and up. He begins his discussion by examining the meaning and place of the courtly love tradition and then introduces us to the varied levels of meaning throughout the work. In the heart of the guide, Leithart walks us carefully through the craft and symbolism of each progressive stage - Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. Each section contains helpful study questions.
Author : Zygmunt G. Barański
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 30,78 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1108421296
Accessible and informative account of Dante's great Commedia: its purpose, themes and styles, and its reception over the centuries.
Author : Jason M. Baxter
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 47,22 MB
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1493413104
Dante's Divine Comedy is widely considered to be one of the most significant works of literature ever written. It is renowned not only for its ability to make truths known but also for its power to make them loved. It captures centuries of thought on sin, love, community, moral living, God's work in history, and God's ineffable beauty. Like a Gothic cathedral, the beauty of this great poem can be appreciated at first glance, but only with a guide can its complexity and layers of meaning be fully comprehended. This accessible introduction to Dante, which also serves as a primer to the Divine Comedy, helps readers better appreciate and understand Dante's spiritual masterpiece. Jason Baxter, an expert on Dante, covers all the basic themes of the Divine Comedy, such as sin, redemption, virtue, and vice. The book contains a general introduction to Dante and a specific introduction to each canticle (Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso), making it especially well suited for classroom and homeschool use.
Author : Mark Vernon
Publisher : Angelico Press
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 24,92 MB
Release : 2021-09-03
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1621387488
Dante Alighieri was early in recognizing that our age has a problem. His hometown, Florence, was at the epicenter of the move from the medieval world to the modern. He realized that awareness of divine reality was shifting, and that if it were lost, dire consequences would follow. The Divine Comedy was born in a time of troubling transition, which is why it still speaks today. Dante's masterpiece presents a cosmic vision of reality, which he invites his readers to traverse with him. In this narrative retelling and guide, from the gates of hell, up the mountain of purgatory, to the empyrean of paradise, Mark Vernon offers a vivid introduction and interpretation of a book that, 700 years on, continues to open minds and change lives.
Author : Charles Hall Grandgent
Publisher :
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 15,52 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
The poem discusses "the state of the soul after death and presents an image of divine justice meted out as due punishment or reward", and describes Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Allegorically, the poem represents the soul's journey towards God, beginning with the recognition and rejection of sin (Inferno), followed by the penitent Christian life (Purgatorio), which is then followed by the soul's ascent to God (Paradiso). Dante draws on medieval Catholic theology and philosophy, especially Thomistic philosophy derived from the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas. Consequently, the Divine Comedy has been called "the Summa in verse".
Author : Jay Ruud
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 18,75 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Dante Alighieri
ISBN : 1438108419
Dante Alighieri is one of the greatest poets in world history. His brilliant epic, "The Divine Comedy", an imagined journey through Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory, continues to captivate readers. This work provides an information on his life and work. It covers Dante's canon, including his love poems in "La Vita Nuova" and his philosophical works.
Author : Joseph Gallagher
Publisher : Liguori Publications
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 20,50 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
The Divine Comedy has been a cornerstone of Western literature for the better part of a millennium. In this work, Joseph Gallagher brings the power and prestige of this medieval classic to a new generation of readers--taking them on a guided tour through heaven, purgatory, and hell. (Formerly titled To Hell and Back with Dante) Paperback
Author : Giuseppe Mazzotta
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 33,58 MB
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0300191359
divdivA towering figure in world literature, Dante wrote his great epic poem Commedia in the early fourteenth century. The work gained universal acclaim and came to be known as La Divina Commedia, or The Divine Comedy. Giuseppe Mazzotta brings Dante and his masterpiece to life in this exploration of the man, his cultural milieu, and his endlessly fascinating works.div /DIVdivBased on Mazzotta’s highly popular Yale course, this book offers a critical reading of The Divine Comedy and selected other works by Dante. Through an analysis of Dante’s autobiographical Vita nuova, Mazzotta establishes the poetic and political circumstances of The Divine Comedy. He situates the three sections of the poem—Inferno, Purgatory, Paradise—within the intellectual and social context of the late Middle Ages, and he explores the political, philosophical, and theological topics with which Dante was particularly concerned./DIV/DIV/DIV
