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ISBN: 9781442696693 (e-book)

Weitere Ausg.: Print version: Verdicchio, Massimo, 1945- Poetics of Dante's Paradiso. Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, c2010 ISBN 9781442641198

Sprache: Englisch

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ISBN: 9781442696693

Inhalt: A highly original and comprehensive reading, The Poetics of Dante's Paradiso challenges established scholarly interpretations to demonstrate that the intricacies of Dante's text reveal a subtle irony, employed to deliver a sharp critique of the corrupt church and empire of his own time.

Anmerkung: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Preface and Acknowledgments -- , Notes on the Texts -- , Introduction -- , Prologue I. DXV and Paradiso -- , Prologue II. The Poetics of Paradiso -- , Chapter 1. Heaven of the Moon: Grammar (II–IV) -- , Chapter 2. Heaven of Mercury: Dialectics (V–VII) -- , Chapter 3. Heaven of Venus: Rhetoric (VIII–IX) -- , Chapter 4. Heaven of the Sun: Arithmetic (X–XIV) -- , Chapter 5. Heaven of Mars: Music (XV–XVII) -- , Chapter 6. Heaven of Jupiter: Geometry (XVIII–XX) -- , Chapter 7. Heaven of Saturn: Astronomy (XXI–XXII) -- , Chapter 8. Fixed Stars: Physics and Metaphysics (XXIV–XXVII) -- , Chapter 9. Primum Mobile: Moral Philosophy (XXVII–XXIX) -- , Chapter 10. Empyrean: Theology (XXX–XXXIII) -- , Conclusions -- , Index

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.3138/9781442696693

URL: https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442696693