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Foundation Sacrifice in Dante's Commedia

Foundation Sacrifice in Dante's Commedia - [Penn State Studies in Romance Literatures]

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Publisher's Synopsis

Foundation Sacrifice in Dante's "Commedia" is the first book to take an anthropological approach to the Divine Comedy, applying it to a previously unexplored dimension of Dante's great poem. Ricardo Quinones examines foundation sacrifice-the death of another that has become a parable for existence-as a unifying theme that connects the three parts of the poem. In the process, Quinones gives new life to the Purgatorio, treating it not only as a sequel but actually as a dramatic response-in revealing detail-to the Inferno. His motif allows him to reintegrate the Paradiso into the poem as a whole, thus restoring it as a poetic event to critical appreciation.

Book information

ISBN: 9780271013091
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Imprint: Penn State University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 851.1
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 138
Weight: 367g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 11mm