Dante's Testaments: Essays in Scriptural Imagination

by Peter Hawkins and Peter S. Hawkins

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This book explores the wide range of Dante's reading and the extent to which he transformed what he read, whether in the biblical canon, in the ancient Latin poets, in such Christian authorities as Augustine or Benedict, or in the "book of the world"--the globe traversed by pilgrims and navigators.

The author argues that the exceptional independence and strength of Dante's forceful stance vis- -vis other authors, amply on display in both...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0804737010

ISBN13:9780804737012

Release Date:January 2000

Publisher:Stanford University Press

Length:400 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Poetry

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