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Subject(s)

• Italian literature [Browse]
• Dante Alighieri 1265-1321—Divina commedia [Browse]

Series

Landmarks of world literature. [More in this series]

Summary note

In this accessible critical introduction to Dante's Divine Comedy Robin Kirkpatrick principally focuses on Dante as a poet and storyteller. He addresses important questions such as Dante's attitude towards Virgil, and demonstrates how an early work such as the Vita nuova is a principal source of the literary achievement of the Comedy. His detailed reading reveals how the great narrative poem explores the relationship that Dante believed to exist between God as creator of the universe and the human being as a creature of God. In addition, Kirkpatrick takes due account of the historical and philosophical dimensions of the poem.

Notes

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Bibliographic references

Guide to further reading": p. 115-118.

Language note

English

Contents

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chronology; Chapter 1: Approaches to The Divine Comedy; Chapter 2: Change, vision and language: the early works and Inferno Canto Two; Chapter 3: The Divine Comedy; Chapter 4: After Dante; Guide to further reading

ISBN

• 1-107-14880-4
• 1-283-32911-5
• 0-511-16533-1
• 9786613329110
• 0-511-80473-3
• 0-511-16581-1
• 0-511-16388-6
• 0-511-56675-1
• 0-511-16468-8

OCLC

560103618

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