Dante's Drama of the Mind : : A Modern Reading of the Purgatorio / / Francis Fergusson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Fergusson, Francis,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1953
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2142
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (244 p.)

The individual insights employed in this reading of the Purgatorio are those of a twentieth-century mind, as are the author's references: T. S. Eliot, Henry James, I.A. Richards, Jacques Maritain, and many others. Purposely avoiding the pitfalls of Dantean scholarship, Mr. Fergusson reveals the drama of the order of Dante's vision, the developed form of the poetry, and the meaning of the canticle for modern man. "The Purgatorio," he says, "has light to shed upon history and its making; upon psychology, ethics, and education; upon politics and the transmission of our tradition. There are many reasons for learning to read it; it is a central clue." This brilliantly written book by the author of The Idea of a Theater is itself a central clue to the meaning of the Purgatorio.Originally published in 1953.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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- A NOTE ON THE TRANSLATIONS IN THE TEXT -- CONTENTS -- PART ONE THE PATHOS OF EARTH (THE FIRST DAY: CANTOS I-IX) -- CHAPTER 1. THE METAPHOR OF THE JOURNEY -- CHAPTER 2. BEFORE UNDERSTANDING -- CHAPTER 3. THE FINE VEIL OF POETRY -- CHAPTER 4. CANTO IX: THE PROPHETIC FIRST NIGHT -- CHAPTER 5. ON THE DRAMATIC COHERENCE OF THE CANTO -- PART TWO. THE ANCIENT PATH TO SELF-KNOWLEDGE (THE SECOND DAY: CANTOS X-XVIII) -- CHAPTER 6. VIRGIL'S GUIDANCE -- CHAPTER 7. THE PATTERN OF LIBERATION -- CHAPTER 8. CANTO XV: THE LIGHT OF THE MIND -- CHAPTER 9. CANTO XVI: REASON IN DARKNESS -- CHAPTER 10. CANTO XVII: THE ANALOGOUS FORMS OF HUMAN LOVES -- CHAPTER 11. CANTO XVIII: THE FRUIT OF PHILOSOPHY -- CHAPTER 12. ON INTERPRETING VIRGIL -- PART THREE THE PILGRIM AGAINST TIME (THE THIRD DAY: CANTOS XIX-XXVII) -- CHAPTER 13. THE NEW THIRST -- CHAPTER 14. CANTO XXI: A GHOSTLY SCENE OF RECOGNITION -- CHAPTER 15. THE NEW LIFE OF HISTORY -- CHAPTER 16. THE FRAGRANT TREES: PARADOXES OF HUMAN NOURISHMENT -- CHAPTER 17. CANTO XXV: THE PERILOUS PASSAGE -- CHAPTER 18: THE DOLCE STIL NUOVO -- CHAPTER 19. CANTO XXVII: LOVE'S SACRIFICE -- PART FOUR TIME REDEEMED (THE MORNING OF THE FOURTH DAY: CANTOS XVIII-XXXIII) -- CHAPTER 20. THE DEVELOPED FORM OF THE PURGATORIO -- CHAPTER 21. BEATRICE: CENTER OF THE ALLEGORY -- CHAPTER 22. THE POETRY OF THE END OF THE EARTHLY JOURNEY -- CHAPTER 23. MATELDA: THE LETTER FOR THE SPIRIT -- NOTES