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The complete Danteworlds : a reader's guide to the Divine Comedy / Guy P. Raffa.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Raffa, Guy P.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia.
- Dante Alighieri.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 371 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Welcome to Danteworlds
- Major events in Dante's life
- Map of Italy in the thirteenth century
- Hell
- Illustration of Dante's hell
- Dark wood (Inferno 1-2)
- Periphery of hell: cowardice (Inferno 3)
- Circle 1: limbo (Inferno 4)
- Circle 2: lust (Inferno 5)
- Circle 3: gluttony (Inferno 6)
- Circle 4: avarice & prodigality (Inferno 7)
- Circle 5: wrath & sullenness (Inferno 7-9)
- Circle 6: heresy (Inferno 9-11)
- Circle 7: violence (Inferno 12-17)
- Circle 8, pouches 1-6: fraud (Inferno 18-23)
- Circle 8, pouches 7-10: fraud (Inferno 24-30)
- Circle 9: treachery (Inferno 31-34)
- Changing values?
- Purgatory
- Illustration of Dante's purgatory
- Ante-purgatory: late repentant (Purgatorio 1-6)
- Valley of rulers (Purgatorio 6-9)
- Terrace 1: pride (Purgatorio 10-12)
- Terrace 2: envy (Purgatorio 13-15)
- Terrace 3: wrath (Purgatorio 15-17)
- Terrace 4: sloth (Purgatorio 17-19)
- Terrace 5: avarice & prodigality (Purgatorio 19-22)
- Terrace 6: gluttony (Purgatorio 22-24)
- Terrace 7: lust (Purgatorio 25-27)
- Terrestrial paradise (Purgatorio 28-33)
- Dante today
- Paradise
- Illustration of Dante's paradise
- Moon: vow-breakers (Paradiso 1-5)
- Mercury: fame-seekers (Paradiso 5-7)
- Venus: ardent lovers (Paradiso 8-9)
- Sun: wise spirits (Paradiso 10-14)
- Mars: holy warriors (Paradiso 14-18)
- Jupiter: just rulers (Paradiso 18-20)
- Saturn: contemplatives (Paradiso 21-22)
- Fixed stars: church triumphant (Paradiso 22-27)
- Primum mobile: angelic orders (Paradiso 27-30)
- Empyrean: blessed, angels, Holy Trinity (Paradiso 30-33)
- Dante and interdisciplinarity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-348) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Raffa, Guy P. Complete Danteworlds.
- ISBN:
- 9780226702872
- 0226702871
- Publisher Number:
- 99989135449
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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