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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465194903321

Autore

Moevs Christian

Titolo

The metaphysics of Dante's Comedy [[electronic resource] /] / Christian Moevs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2005

ISBN

0-19-988403-X

0-19-537258-1

9786611197001

1-4237-2096-2

0-19-803896-8

1-281-19700-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Reflection and theory in the study of religion

Disciplina

851/.1

Soggetti

Metaphysics in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-291) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations, Editions, Translations; Introduction: Non-Duality and Self-Knowledge; 1. The Empyrean; 2. Matter; 3. Form; 4. Creation; 5. Sunrises and Sunsets; Conclusion: Is Dante Telling the Truth?; Epilogue: No Mind, No Matter; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Moevs offers a treatment of the metaphysical picture that grounds and motivates 'The Divine Comedy', and the relation between those metaphysics and Dante's poetics. He arrives at the conclusion that Dante believed that all of what we perceive as reality is in fact a creation or projection of conscious being.