1 option
Dante's Christian ethics : Purgatory and its moral contexts / George Corbett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Corbett, George, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 110.
- Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 110
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Purgatorio.
- Dante Alighieri.
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Criticism and interpretation.
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Ethics.
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Religion.
- Christian ethics in literature.
- Deadly sins in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 233 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- This book is a major re-appraisal of the Commedia as originally envisaged by Dante: as a work of ethics. Privileging the ethical, Corbett increases our appreciation of Dante's eschatological innovations and literary genius. Drawing upon a wider range of moral contexts than in previous studies, this book presents an overarching account of the complex ordering and political programme of Dante's afterlife. Balancing close readings with a lucid overview of Dante's Commedia as an ethical and political manifesto, Corbett cogently approaches the poem through its moral structure. The book provides detailed interpretations of three particularly significant vices - pride, sloth, and avarice - and the three terraces of Purgatory devoted to them. While scholars register Dante's explicit confession of pride, the volume uncovers Dante's implicit confession of sloth and prodigality (the opposing subvice of avarice) through Statius, his moral cypher.
- Contents:
- Dante's ethical agenda : vital nourishment
- Dante's political polemic : church and empire
- Dante's theological Purgatory : earthly happiness and eternal beatitude
- Two traditions of Christian ethics : Aquinas and Peraldus
- The terrace of pride, and the poet as preacher
- The terrace of sloth, and the sin of scholars
- The terrace of avarice, and love of children.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Feb 2020).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-108-80105-6
- 1-108-80921-9
- 1-108-77687-6
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.