Dante A Brief History

Name: Dante A Brief History
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ISBN: 9781405130523

ISBN-10: 1405130520

ISBN-13: 9781405130523

Edition: 2006

Authors: Peter S. Hawkins

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Peter Hawkins, one of the leading ficures in the field, presents a lively and appealing profile of the great Italian writer, Dante Alighieri.

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/29/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.38" wide x 7.40" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


List of Abbreviations


Prologue: Invitation to a Reader



Dante's Life and Works


The Life Story


The Figure of Beatrice


Political Life


The Work of Exile


On Vernacular Eloquence and Philosophy for All


Universal Empire


The Birth of the Commedia


Vision or Brainstorm?


Textual Inspiration for the Poem


Early Circulation of the Poem



Dante's Journey to God


Inferno


Purgatorio


Paradiso



Dante's Beatrice


The Advent of Beatrice


The Problem of Beatrice


The Novelty of Beatrice


Bidding Adieu


Eros and Sex in the Commedia


Paolo and Francesca, Dante and Beatrice


Dante's Sexuality


A Beloved in the Flesh



Dante's Religion


Dante's Core Beliefs


Christian Florence


A Personal Faith Story


But Where is Christ?


The Christ of the Theologians


Mediations of Christ in the Commedia


Mary as Christ's Flesh


Daughter of Her Son


The Beatific Smile



Dante's Afterlife


Dante in English


From Beyond the Pale to Cultural Centrality


Twentieth-Century Dante


The Artist's Dante


The Commedia in Performance: Drama, Film, Television


Postmodern Dante


Commedia in Comics


What Next?


Notes


Bibliography


Index