Dante's Vision and the Circle of Knowledge / / Giuseppe Mazzotta.
In a masterly synthesis of historical and literary analysis, Giuseppe Mazzotta shows how medieval knowledge systems--the cycle of the liberal arts, ethics, politics, and theology--interacted with poetry and elevated the Divine Comedy to a central position in shaping all other forms of discursive kno...
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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] ©1992 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- NOTE ON DANTE'S TEXTS
- INTRODUCTION
- Chapter 1. Poetry and the Encyclopedia
- Chapter 2. Sacrifice and Grammar
- Chapter 3. The Light of Venus
- Chapter 4. Metaphor and Justice
- Chapter 5. Logic and Power
- Chapter 6. Imagination and Knowledge
- Chapter 7. The Dream of the Siren
- Chapter 8. Language and Vision
- Chapter 9. Theology and Exile
- Chapter 10. Order and Transgression
- Chapter 11. Theologia Ludenus
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index