Dante's prayerful pilgrimage : typologies of prayer in The comedy / by Alessandro Vettori.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vettori, Alessandro, author.

Series:

Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts; volume22.

Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts; volume22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prayer in literature.

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia.

Dante Alighieri.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2019.

Summary:

In Dante’s Prayerful Pilgrimage Alessandro Vettori provides a comprehensive analysis of prayer in Dante’s Commedia . The underlying thesis considers prayer a metaphorical pilgrimage toward a sacred location and connects it with the pilgrim’s ascent to the vision of the Trinity. Prayer is movement in Purgatorio and also in Paradiso, while eternal stasis is the penalty of blasphemous souls in Inferno . In the fictional rendition of the poem, the pilgrim’s itinerary becomes a specular reflection of Dante’s own exilic experience. Prayer’s human-divine interaction affords the poet the necessary escape from the overwhelming sense of failure in politics and love. Whether it is petitional, liturgical, thankful, praiseful, or contemplative, prayer expresses the supplicant’s wish to transform reality and attain a superior spiritual status.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Pilgrimage and Exile

Blasphemy in Inferno

The Psalms: Poetic Prayer of Ascent

Prayer as Art in Movement

Intercessions, Prayerful Locations, and the Theatrics of Prayer

Dancing Souls in Paradiso

Prayer as Desire to Be Elsewhere

Back Matter

Appendix

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

90-04-40525-9

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004405257 DOI