02510oam 22004212 450 991079530890332120230105202144.090-04-40525-910.1163/9789004405257(CKB)4970000000170206(MiAaPQ)EBC5900149(nllekb)BRILL9789004405257(EXLCZ)99497000000017020620190605d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDante's prayerful pilgrimage typologies of prayer in The comedy /by Alessandro VettoriLeiden Boston :BRILL,2019.1 online resource (273 pages)Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts;volume2290-04-40524-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Pilgrimage and Exile -- Blasphemy in Inferno -- The Psalms: Poetic Prayer of Ascent -- Prayer as Art in Movement -- Intercessions, Prayerful Locations, and the Theatrics of Prayer -- Dancing Souls in Paradiso -- Prayer as Desire to Be Elsewhere -- Back Matter -- Appendix -- Works Cited -- Index.In Dante’s Prayerful Pilgrimage Alessandro Vettori provides a comprehensive analysis of prayer in Dante’s Commedia . The underlying thesis considers prayer a metaphorical pilgrimage toward a sacred location and connects it with the pilgrim’s ascent to the vision of the Trinity. Prayer is movement in Purgatorio and also in Paradiso, while eternal stasis is the penalty of blasphemous souls in Inferno . In the fictional rendition of the poem, the pilgrim’s itinerary becomes a specular reflection of Dante’s own exilic experience. Prayer’s human-divine interaction affords the poet the necessary escape from the overwhelming sense of failure in politics and love. Whether it is petitional, liturgical, thankful, praiseful, or contemplative, prayer expresses the supplicant’s wish to transform reality and attain a superior spiritual status.Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts;volume22.Prayer in literaturePrayer in literature.851.1Vettori Alessandro618319NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910795308903321Dante's prayerful pilgrimage3764976UNINA