Dante's Commedia : Elements of Structure / / Charles S. Singleton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910524860503321
• Autore: Singleton Charles S (Charles Southward), <1909-1985., >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Johns Hopkins University Press
• ISBN: 0-8018-2003-0; 1-4214-3166-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 online resource (viii, 98 pages))
• Disciplina: 851/.1
• Soggetti: Technique; Rhetoric, Medieval; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Originally published in &copy;1954, reprint 1977.; Reprint of the edition published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., which was issued as the author's Dante studies, 1.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Allegory -- Symbolism -- The pattern at the center -- The substance of things seen -- The two kinds of allegory.
• Sommario/riassunto: Originally published in 1977. This book contains four essays by Professor Charles Singleton: "Allegory," "Symbolism," "The Pattern at the Center," and "The Substance of Things Seen." These four essays treat four dimensions of meaning essential to understanding the substance and special texture of the poetry of the Divine Comedy. One might speak of "facets" or "aspects" of meaning if such terms did not suggest surface reflections dependent on the way a work (as a jewel) is turned for inspection. But for Singleton, each dimension has a depth that reaches to the core and substance of Dante's poetry, so they are, in Singleton's view, elements of its structure.