Lectura Dantis

by Mandelbaum, Allen; Oldcorn, Anthony; Ross, Charles

• ISBN13: 9780520250567
• ISBN10: 0520250567
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-06
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

This new critical volume, the second to appear in the three-volumeLectura Dantis,contains expert, focused commentary on thePurgatorioby thirty-three international scholars, each of whom presents to the nonspecialist reader one of the cantos of the transitional middle cantica of Dante's unique Christian epic. The cast of characters is as colorful as before, although this time most of them are headed for salvation. The canto-by-canto commentary allows each contributor his or her individual voice and results in a deeper, richer awareness of Dante's timeless aspirations and achievements.

Table of Contents

Ritual and Story	p. 1
The New Song and the Old	p. 11
The Sheepfold of the Excommunicates	p. 21
The Lute Maker	p. 39
The Keys to Purgatory	p. 47
Abject Italy	p. 56
Sordello and the Catalog of Princes	p. 65
In the Valley of the Rulers	p. 73
The Ritual Keys	p. 85
The Art of God	p. 95
Gone with the Wind	p. 103
Eyes Down	p. 119
Among the Envious	p. 129
The Rhetoric of Envy	p. 141
Virtual Reality	p. 151
A World of Darkness and Disorder	p. 167
On Revenge	p. 178
Love, Free Will, and Sloth	p. 191
Vectors of Human Love	p. 200
Hugh Capet and the Avarice of Kings	p. 210
Greeting Statius	p. 222
Virgil and Statius Discourse	p. 236
Reading Literary and Ethical Choices	p. 252
Of Poetry and Politics	p. 262
Statius's Marvelous Connection of Things	p. 277
The Fires of Lust and Poetry	p. 288
At the Threshold of Freedom	p. 303
Watching Matilda	p. 311
Dante's Processional Vision	p. 329
At the Summit of Purgatory	p. 341
Dante's Repentance	p. 353
The Parallel Histories	p. 360
Beatrice's Prophecy, Matilda's Name, and the Pilgrim's Renewal	p. 378
Contributors	p. 391
Index	p. 399
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