The Poetry of Dante's paradiso 1st ed.

Author

• Tambling, Jeremy

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing, 2021

Language

English

ISBN

9783030656287

Series

Subject(s)

• ALIGHIERI, DANTE, 1265-1321
• PARADISO (DANTE ALIGHIERI)
• RELIGION

Notes

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Abstract

This book argues that Paradiso – Dante’s vision of Heaven – is not simply affirmative. It posits that Paradiso compensates for disappointment rather than fulfils hopes, and where it moves into joy and vision, this also rationalises the experience of exile and the failure of all Dante’s political hopes. The book highlights and addresses a fundamental problem in reading Dante: the assumption that he writes as a Catholic Christian, which can be off-putting and induces an overly theological and partisan reading in some commentary. Accordingly, the study argues that Dante must be read ow in a post-Christian modernity. It discusses Dante’s Christianity fully, and takes its details as a source of wonder and beauty which need communicating to a modern reader. Yet, the study also argues that we must read for the alterity of Dante’s world from ours.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (xi, 314 p.)

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

1. Introduction: Reading Paradiso out of time --
2. Within the shadow of the earth --
3. Dancing in the sun: Paradiso- cantos 10-14 --
4. Mars, Jupiter, Saturn : history and its reversals --
5. Fixed stars, diasporic times: Paradiso 22-27 --
6. Angels: Paradiso 28 and 29 --
7. The ultimate vision: Paradiso 30-33 --
Index.

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	00800/21	851.1 Tam P	Online !	Available