Vertical readings in Dante's Comedy. Volume 1 / edited by George Corbett and Heather Webb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heather Webb

Contributor:

Corbett, George, editor.

Webb, Heather, 1976- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia--Criticism and interpretation.

Dante Alighieri.

Literature--History and criticism.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 pages)

Place of Publication:

Open Book Publishers

Cambridge, England : Open Book Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Vertical Readings in Dante's Comedy is a reappraisal of the poem by an international team of thirty-four scholars. Each vertical reading analyses three same-numbered cantos from the three canticles: Inferno i, Purgatorio i and Paradiso i; Inferno ii, Purgatorio ii and Paradiso ii; etc. Although scholars have suggested before that there are correspondences between same-numbered cantos that beg to be explored, this is the first time that the approach has been pursued in a systematic fashion across the poem. This collection - to be issued in three volumes - offers an unprecedented repertoire of vertical readings for the whole poem. As the first volume exemplifies, vertical reading not only articulates unexamined connections between the three canticles but also unlocks engaging new ways to enter into core concerns of the poem. The three volumes thereby provide an indispensable resource for scholars, students and enthusiasts of Dante." - OAPEN.

Contents:

Introduction / George Corbett and Heather Webb

1.i. Pagan dawn of a Christian vision / George Corbett

1.ii. Orientation / Heather Webb

2. reading time, text and the world / Matthew Treherne

3. The bliss and abyss of freedom: hope, personhood and particularity / Vittorio Montemaggi

4. Virtuous pagans, hopeless desire and unjust justice / John Marenbon

5. Massacre, miserere and martyrdom / Robin Kirkpatrick

6. Divided city, slavish Italy, universal empire / Claire E. Honess

7. The wheeling sevens / Simon A. Gilson

8. Civitas and love: looking backward from Paradiso viii / Brenda Deen Schildgen

9. 'without any violence' / Zygmunt G. Barański

10. Humility and the (p)arts of art / K P Clarke

11. The art of teaching and the nature of love / Paola Nasti.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (JSTOR, viewed July 15, 2020).

ISBN:

9781783741755

1783741759

9782821876132

2821876130

9781783741748

1783741740

OCLC:

922787459

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access