Dante: The Poetics of Conversion

by John Freccero

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John Freccero enables us to see the Divine Comedy for the bold, poetic experiment that it is. Too many critics have domesticated Dante by separating his theology from his poetics. Freccero argues that to fail to see the convergence of the letter and the spirit, the pilgrim and the poet, is to fail to understand Dante's poetics of conversion. For Dante, body and soul go together and there is no salvation that's purely intellectual, no poetry...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0674192265

ISBN13:9780674192263

Release Date:March 1988

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:344 Pages

Weight:1.04 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Ancient & Classical Literature Criticism & Theory European History & Criticism History & Surveys Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Medieval Medieval Thought

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