Author: KIRKPATRICK, ROBIN
Title: The Divine comedy / Dante: A Student Guide
Description: Cambridge Univ. Press 2004. 2nd Edition. Very good paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: ix. 118 p. ; 21 cm. Notes: A student guide. Guide to further reading': p. 115-118. Contents: List of abbreviations; Chronology; 1. Change. vision and language: the early works and Inferno Canto Two; 3. The Divine Comedy; 4. After Dante; Guide to further reading. Summary: In this accessible critical introduction to Dante's Divine Comedy Robin Kirkpatrick principally focuses on Dante as a poet and storyteller. He addresses important questions such as Dante's attitude towards Virgil. and demonstrates how an early work such as the Vita nuova is a principal source of the literary achievement of the Comedy. His detailed reading reveals how the great narrative poem explores the relationship that Dante believed to exist between God as creator of the universe and the human being as a creature of God. In addition. Kirkpatrick takes due account of the historical and philosophical dimensions of the poem. Subjects: Dante Alighieri 1265-1321. — Divina commedia. Poetry & poets ; Literary studies: classical. early & medieval Italian. LITERARY CRITICISM. Genre: Bibliography. ISBN: 0521539943. Weight in Kg appr.:

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