The metaphysics of Dante's Comedy / Christian Moevs.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Moevs, Christian.

Contributor:

• American Academy of Religion.

Series:

• Reflection and theory in the study of religion.
• Reflection and theory in the study of religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Metaphysics in literature.
• Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Moevs offers a treatment of the metaphysical picture that grounds and motivates 'The Divine Comedy', and the relation between those metaphysics and Dante's poetics. He arrives at the conclusion that Dante believed that all of what we perceive as reality is in fact a creation or projection of conscious being.

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations, Editions, Translations; Introduction: Non-Duality and Self-Knowledge; 1. The Empyrean; 2. Matter; 3. Form; 4. Creation; 5. Sunrises and Sunsets; Conclusion: Is Dante Telling the Truth?; Epilogue: No Mind, No Matter; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-291) and index.
• Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

• 0-19-988403-X
• 0-19-537258-1
• 9786611197001
• 1-4237-2096-2
• 0-19-803896-8
• 1-281-19700-9

OCLC:

61344207