Dante : the poetics of conversion
John Freccero (Author), Rachel Jacoff (Editor)
[The essays] are arranged to follow the order of the "Comedy," and they form the perfect companion for a reader of the poem. Throughout Freccero operates on the fundamental premise that there is always an intricate and crucial dialectic at work between Dante the poet and Dante the pilgrim. -- from cover
Print Book, English, 1986
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1986
Aufsatzsammlung
xvi, 328 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780674192256, 9780674192263, 0674192257, 0674192265
12371506
Introduction by Rachel Jacoff 1. The Prologue Scene 2. The Firm Foot on a Journey Without a Guide 3. The River of Death: Inferno II, 108 4. Pilgrim in a Gyre 5. Infernal Irony: The Gates of Hell 6. The Neutral Angels 7. Medusa: The Letter and the Spirit 8. Dante's Ulysses: From Epic to Novel 9. Bestial Sign and Bread of Angels: Inferno XXXII and XXXIII 10. The Sign of Satan 11. Infernal Inversion and Christian Conversion: Inferno XXXIV 12. Casella's Song: Purgatorio II, 12 13. Manfred's Wounds and the Poetics of the Purgatorio 14. An Introduction to the Paradiso 15. The Dance of the Stars: Paradiso X 16. The Final Image: Paradiso XXXIII, 144 17. The Significance of Terza Rima Notes Sources Indexes