Dante: The Divine Comedy (Landmarks of World Literature) - Softcover

Kirkpatrick, Robin

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9780521305334: Dante: The Divine Comedy (Landmarks of World Literature)

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ISBN 10: 0521305330 ISBN 13: 9780521305334

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1986

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Though taking due account of the historical and philosophical dimensions of the poem, Robin Kirkpatrick focuses on Dante as a poet and story-teller. He addresses important questions such as Dante's attitude towards Virgil and demonstrates how an early work such as the Vita Nuova is a principal source of the literary achievement of the Comedy. His detailed reading reveals how the great narrative poem explores the relationship that Dante believed to exist between God as creator of the universe and the human being as a creature of God.

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Robin Kirkpatrick focuses on Dante's as a poet and story-teller. He delves into Dante's attitude towards Virgil and his detailed reading reveals how the great narrative poem explores the relationship that Dante believed to exist between God as creator of the universe and the human being as a creature of God.

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