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9780198158165

Dante's Griffin and the History of the World A Study of the Earthly Paradise (Purgatorio, cantos xxix-xxxiii)

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    9780198158165

  • ISBN10:

    0198158165

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1989-09-28
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

The griffin from Dante's mountain of Purgatory, able to make a tree bear leaves and flowers, has long been seen to represent Christ. Through an examination of medieval griffin-lore and of Dante's own poem, this provocative study shows that this explanation is untenable. Peter Armour explores both intellectual and political concerns, and the imaginative world of early 14th-century Italy--including such themes as theology, philosophy, jurisprudence, folklore and romance, and prophecy and millenarianism--to provide a new interpretation of Dante's griffin as a powerful symbol central to the poet's presentation of the earthly Paradise and to humankind's lost ideal of collective happiness on earth.

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