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Dante's drama of the mind : a modern reading of the Purgatorio /

The individual insights employed in this reading of the Purgatorio are those of a twentieth-century mind, as are the author's references: T.S. Eliot, Henry James, I.A. Richards, Jacques Maritain, and many others. Purposely avoiding the pitfalls of Dantean scholarship, Mr. Fergusson reveals the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fergusson, Francis
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1953.
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  • Frontmatter
  • FOREWORD
  • A NOTE ON THE TRANSLATIONS IN THE TEXT
  • CONTENTS
  • PART ONE THE PATHOS OF EARTH (THE FIRST DAY: CANTOS I-IX)
  • CHAPTER 1. THE METAPHOR OF THE JOURNEY
  • CHAPTER 2. BEFORE UNDERSTANDING
  • CHAPTER 3. THE FINE VEIL OF POETRY
  • CHAPTER 4. CANTO IX: THE PROPHETIC FIRST NIGHT
  • CHAPTER 5. ON THE DRAMATIC COHERENCE OF THE CANTO
  • PART TWO. THE ANCIENT PATH TO SELF-KNOWLEDGE (THE SECOND DAY: CANTOS X-XVIII)
  • CHAPTER 6. VIRGIL'S GUIDANCE
  • CHAPTER 7. THE PATTERN OF LIBERATION
  • CHAPTER 8. CANTO XV: THE LIGHT OF THE MIND
  • CHAPTER 9. CANTO XVI: REASON IN DARKNESS
  • CHAPTER 10. CANTO XVII: THE ANALOGOUS FORMS OF HUMAN LOVES
  • CHAPTER 11. CANTO XVIII: THE FRUIT OF PHILOSOPHY
  • CHAPTER 12. ON INTERPRETING VIRGIL
  • PART THREE THE PILGRIM AGAINST TIME (THE THIRD DAY: CANTOS XIX-XXVII)
  • CHAPTER 13. THE NEW THIRST
  • CHAPTER 14. CANTO XXI: A GHOSTLY SCENE OF RECOGNITION
  • CHAPTER 15. THE NEW LIFE OF HISTORY
  • CHAPTER 16. THE FRAGRANT TREES: PARADOXES OF HUMAN NOURISHMENT
  • CHAPTER 17. CANTO XXV: THE PERILOUS PASSAGE
  • CHAPTER 18: THE DOLCE STIL NUOVO
  • CHAPTER 19. CANTO XXVII: LOVE'S SACRIFICE
  • PART FOUR TIME REDEEMED (THE MORNING OF THE FOURTH DAY: CANTOS XVIII-XXXIII)
  • CHAPTER 20. THE DEVELOPED FORM OF THE PURGATORIO
  • CHAPTER 21. BEATRICE: CENTER OF THE ALLEGORY
  • CHAPTER 22. THE POETRY OF THE END OF THE EARTHLY JOURNEY
  • CHAPTER 23. MATELDA: THE LETTER FOR THE SPIRIT
  • NOTES