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Dante's Commedia and the liturgical imagination / Matthew Treherne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Treherne, Matthew, author.
- Series:
- Leeds studies on Dante
- Leeds studies on Dante, 2235-1825 ; [vol. 5]
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.
- Liturgy and poetry.
- Religion.
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia.
- Dante Alighieri.
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Religion.
- Divina commedia (Dante Alighieri).
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 296 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Medieval liturgical practice both expressed and helped shape habits of thought and imagination in ways which were deep and far-reaching, encompassing embodied, lived experience and the most sophisticated theological thought. This book argues that Dante, in common with his contemporaries, saw the liturgical rituals of the Church as a mode of religious practice which manifested what they considered to be the central truths regarding the relationship between God, human beings, and the world. It also shows how Dante's Commedia engages with medieval understandings of the sacraments - an idea which has been largely neglected in studies of Dante. Seen in this way, the poet's engagement with liturgy is central to the daring and highly original poetic project of the Commedia: shaping its treatment of time, its engagement with theology, and its portrayal of the soul's awakening to the condition of creation itself"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Liturgy, Time, and the Music of Incarnation in the Commedia
- ch. 2 Ekphrasis and Eucharist: The Poetics of Seeing God's Art in PurgatorioX
- ch. 3 Contingency, Creation, and the Eucharist in the Commedia
- ch. 4 Liturgical Personhood in the Commedia: Creation, Penitence, and Praise
- ch. 5 Liturgy, Sacraments, and the Theology of the Commedia.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Treherne, Matthew. Dante's Commedia and the liturgical imagination
- ISBN:
- 9781789979619
- 1789979617
- OCLC:
- 1183399991
- Publisher Number:
- 99987454670
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