Dante and the Mystical Tradition: Bernard of Clairvaux in the Commedia

(Book #22 in the Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Series)

by Steven Botterill

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In this study, Steven Botterill explores the intellectual relationship between the greatest poet of the fourteenth century, Dante, and the greatest spiritual writer of the twelfth century, Bernard of Clairvaux. Botterill analyses the narrative episode involving Bernard as a character in the closing cantos of the Paradiso, against the background of his medieval reputation as a contemplative mystic, devotee of Mary, and, above all, a preacher of outstanding...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521021723

ISBN13:9780521021722

Release Date:November 2005

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:284 Pages

Weight:0.92 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Literary Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Poetry

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Dante and the Mystical Tradition: Bernard of Clairvaux in the Commedia

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