Dante

The Divine Comedy 2ed
2. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-521-53994-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 130 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 203 g

Reihe: Landmarks of World Literature (New)

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kirkpatrick, Robin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Italienische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.