Divine Dialectic : : Dante's Incarnational Poetry / / Guy P. Raffa.
In this book, Guy Raffa offers a fresh reading of Dante's major literary works - the Divine Comedy and the Vita nuova - that combines central tenets of incarnational theology and dialectical thought to illuminate the poet's renowned ability to 'have it both ways' on issues that c...
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2000 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Toronto Italian Studies
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Texts and Translations -- Introduction: Dante's Incarnational Dialectic -- 1. Divisive Dialectic: Incarnational Failure and Parody -- 2. Incarnational Dialectic Writ Large -- 3. Dante's Incarnational Dialectic of Martyrdom and Mission -- Notes -- Index |
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Summary: | In this book, Guy Raffa offers a fresh reading of Dante's major literary works - the Divine Comedy and the Vita nuova - that combines central tenets of incarnational theology and dialectical thought to illuminate the poet's renowned ability to 'have it both ways' on issues that conventionally elicit an 'either/or' response. Viewing Dante as a poet of revision, not conversion, Raffa challenges a dominant paradigm in Dante criticism and takes full account of the poet's unconventional approach to such conventional dichotomies as eros and spirituality, fame and humility, action and contemplation, and obedience and transgression. Divine Dialectic ultimately argues that Dante crosses textual and theological boundaries in his medieval epic to promote the paradoxical union of contradiction and resolution as a way of reading his poem and, by extension, the world itself. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781442673984 9783110667691 9783110490954 |
DOI: | 10.3138/9781442673984 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Guy P. Raffa. |