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Record Nr.

UNINA9910156517003321

Autore

Heather Webb

Titolo

Vertical readings in Dante's Comedy . Volume 2 / / edited by George Corbett, Heather Webb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Open Book Publishers

Cambridge : , : Open Book Publishers, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

2-8218-8396-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 291 pages)

Disciplina

851.1

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Vertical Readings in Dante's 'Comedy' is a reappraisal of the poem by an international team of thirty-four scholars. Each vertical reading analyses three same-numbered cantos from the three canticles: Inferno i, Purgatorio i and Paradiso i; Inferno ii, Purgatorio ii and Paradiso ii; etc. Although scholars have suggested before that there are correspondences between same-numbered cantos that beg to be explored, this is the first time that the approach has been pursued in a systematic fashion across the poem.  This three-volume collection offers an unprecedented repertoire of vertical readings for the whole poem. Vertical reading not only articulates unexamined connections between the three canticles but also unlocks engaging new ways to enter into core concerns of the poem. The three volumes thereby provide an indispensable resource for scholars, students and enthusiasts of Dante.