Dante: The Divine Comedy
Robin Kirkpatrick addresses questions such as Dante's attitude towards Virgil, and demonstrates how the early work known as the Vita Nuova is a principal source of the literary achievement of the Comedy. His detailed study 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 creation of God. First Edition Hb (1986): 0-521-32809-8 First Edition Pb (1986): 0-521-30533-0
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Dante: The Divine Comedy
Robin Kirkpatrick addresses questions such as Dante's attitude towards Virgil, and demonstrates how the early work known as the Vita Nuova is a principal source of the literary achievement of the Comedy. His detailed study 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 creation of God. First Edition Hb (1986): 0-521-32809-8 First Edition Pb (1986): 0-521-30533-0
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Dante: The Divine Comedy

Dante: The Divine Comedy

by Robin Kirkpatrick
Dante: The Divine Comedy

Dante: The Divine Comedy

by Robin Kirkpatrick

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Robin Kirkpatrick addresses questions such as Dante's attitude towards Virgil, and demonstrates how the early work known as the Vita Nuova is a principal source of the literary achievement of the Comedy. His detailed study 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 creation of God. First Edition Hb (1986): 0-521-32809-8 First Edition Pb (1986): 0-521-30533-0

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521539944
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 01/19/2004
Series: Landmarks of World Literature (New)
Edition description: REV
Pages: 130
Product dimensions: 5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.35(d)

Table of 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.
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