The Poetry of Dante's Paradiso: Lives Almost Divine, Spirits That Matter

by Jeremy Tambling

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This book argues that Paradiso - Dante's vision of Heaven - is not simply affirmative. It posits that Paradiso compensates for disappointment rather than fulfils hopes, and where it moves into joy and vision, this also rationalises the experience of exile and the failure of all Dante's political hopes. The book highlights and addresses a fundamental problem in reading Dante: the assumption that he writes as a Catholic Christian, which...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:3030656276

ISBN13:9783030656270

Release Date:March 2021

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:314 Pages

Weight:1.19 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"

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