Ascent to Love A Guide to Dante's Divine Comedy

Name: Ascent to Love A Guide to Dante's Divine Comedy
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ISBN: 9781885767165

ISBN-10: 1885767161

ISBN-13: 9781885767165

Edition: 2001

Authors: Peter J. Leithart

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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…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Canon Press
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 183
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Peter J. Leithart is Senior Fellow of Theology, New Saint Andrews College, Moscow, Idaho. He was educated at Hillsdale College (AB), Westminster Theological Seminary (MAR, ThM) and Cambridge University (PhD).