Dante and Medieval Latin Traditions

Erscheinungsjahr 1986
ISBN: 978-0-521-32152-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 166 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 280 g

In this book, Peter Dronke illustrates how medieval Latin traditions can help us to understand Dante's great poem 'The Divine Comedy'. He first discusses medieval conceptions of allegory and vision, image and metaphor, symbol and myth, as well as some of Dante's own insights into the nature of poetic meaning. Later chapters relate particular moments in the Comedy - the giants in Inferno, the apocalyptic showings in Purgatorio, and the solar heaven in Paradiso - to Dante's Latin inheritance. All quotations from Italian are accompanied by English translations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dronke, Peter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. The Commedia and medieval modes of reading; 2. The giants in Hell; 3. The phantasmagoria in the earthly paradise; 4. The first circle in the solar heaven; Excursus; Notes; Bibliographical note; Index.