Dante's Commedia

Elements of Structure
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4214-3166-6
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 178 g

Originally published in 1977. This book contains four essays by Professor Charles Singleton: "Allegory," "Symbolism," "The Pattern at the Center," and "The Substance of Things Seen." These four essays treat four dimensions of meaning essential to understanding the substance and special texture of the poetry of the Divine Comedy. One might speak of "facets" or "aspects" of meaning if such terms did not suggest surface reflections dependent on the way a work (as a jewel) is turned for inspection. But for Singleton, each dimension has a depth that reaches to the core and substance of Dante's poetry, so they are, in Singleton's view, elements of its structure.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Singleton, Charles S

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Allegory
Chapter 2. Symbolism
Chapter 3. The Pattern at the Center
Chapter 4. The Substance of Things Seen
Appendix: Two Kinds of Allegory

Über Autor(innen)

Singleton, Charles S
Charles S. Singleton taught Italian studies at Johns Hopkins University and Harvard University.