The Transfiguration of History at the Center of Dante's Paradise / / Jeffrey Thompson Schnapp.
By examining the links between the planet Mars and the cross in the Heaven of the Warriors, Jeffrey Schnapp explores Dante's Christian rewriting of Virgil's Aeneid and Cicero's Republic at the center of the Comedy's, final canticle.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legac...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1986 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Edition: | Course Book |
Language: | English |
Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- I. Introduction: History and Eternity at the Center of Dante's Paradise -- II. Bella, Horrida Bella: History in the Grip of Mars -- III. Marte/Morte/Martirio: The Dilemma of Florentine History -- IV. Unica Spes Hominum, Crux, O Venerabilc Signum -- V. Sant' Apollinare in Classe and Dante's Poetics of Martyrdom -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX TO PASSAGES CITED FROM DANTE'S WORKS -- SUBJECT INDEX |
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Summary: | By examining the links between the planet Mars and the cross in the Heaven of the Warriors, Jeffrey Schnapp explores Dante's Christian rewriting of Virgil's Aeneid and Cicero's Republic at the center of the Comedy's, final canticle.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781400854134 9783110413441 9783110413533 9783110442496 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781400854134 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Jeffrey Thompson Schnapp. |