The Poetics of Dante's Paradiso / / Massimo Verdicchio.
Paradiso, the conclusion to Dante Alighieri's masterpiece, the Divine Comedy, is an exploration of the nine celestial spheres of Heaven. A highly original and comprehensive reading, The Poetics of Dante's Paradiso challenges established scholarly interpretations to demonstrate that the int...
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Verdicchio, Massimo, author. The Poetics of Dante's Paradiso / Massimo Verdicchio. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016] ©2010 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Notes on the Texts -- Introduction -- Prologue I. DXV and Paradiso -- Prologue II. The Poetics of Paradiso -- Chapter 1. Heaven of the Moon: Grammar (II-IV) -- Chapter 2. Heaven of Mercury: Dialectics (V-VII) -- Chapter 3. Heaven of Venus: Rhetoric (VIII-IX) -- Chapter 4. Heaven of the Sun: Arithmetic (X-XIV) -- Chapter 5. Heaven of Mars: Music (XV-XVII) -- Chapter 6. Heaven of Jupiter: Geometry (XVIII-XX) -- Chapter 7. Heaven of Saturn: Astronomy (XXI-XXII) -- Chapter 8. Fixed Stars: Physics and Metaphysics (XXIV-XXVII) -- Chapter 9. Primum Mobile: Moral Philosophy (XXVII-XXIX) -- Chapter 10. Empyrean: Theology (XXX-XXXIII) -- Conclusions -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Paradiso, the conclusion to Dante Alighieri's masterpiece, the Divine Comedy, is an exploration of the nine celestial spheres of Heaven. A highly original and comprehensive reading, The Poetics of Dante's Paradiso challenges established scholarly interpretations to demonstrate that the intricacies of Dante's text reveal a subtle irony, employed to deliver a sharp critique of the corrupt church and empire of his own time.Massimo Verdicchio's canto-by-canto analysis focuses on the subversive undercurrents created by poetic allegory and irony and relates Dante's ordering of the heavens to the Arts and Sciences of the Trivium and Quadrivium (the major subjects taught at medieval universities). This new reading highlights Dante's use of language to expose the earthly flaws of the saints and denounce the illicit and destructive alliance between the House of Anjou and the church. The Poetics of Dante's Paradiso is thought-provoking, tenacious, and sure to stimulate discussion amongst all students of the Commedia. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019) Heaven in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015 9783110667691 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110490954 print 9781442641198 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442696693 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442696693.jpg |
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Verdicchio, Massimo, The Poetics of Dante's Paradiso / Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Notes on the Texts -- Introduction -- Prologue I. DXV and Paradiso -- Prologue II. The Poetics of Paradiso -- Chapter 1. Heaven of the Moon: Grammar (II-IV) -- Chapter 2. Heaven of Mercury: Dialectics (V-VII) -- Chapter 3. Heaven of Venus: Rhetoric (VIII-IX) -- Chapter 4. Heaven of the Sun: Arithmetic (X-XIV) -- Chapter 5. Heaven of Mars: Music (XV-XVII) -- Chapter 6. Heaven of Jupiter: Geometry (XVIII-XX) -- Chapter 7. Heaven of Saturn: Astronomy (XXI-XXII) -- Chapter 8. Fixed Stars: Physics and Metaphysics (XXIV-XXVII) -- Chapter 9. Primum Mobile: Moral Philosophy (XXVII-XXIX) -- Chapter 10. Empyrean: Theology (XXX-XXXIII) -- Conclusions -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Notes on the Texts -- Introduction -- Prologue I. DXV and Paradiso -- Prologue II. The Poetics of Paradiso -- Chapter 1. Heaven of the Moon: Grammar (II-IV) -- Chapter 2. Heaven of Mercury: Dialectics (V-VII) -- Chapter 3. Heaven of Venus: Rhetoric (VIII-IX) -- Chapter 4. Heaven of the Sun: Arithmetic (X-XIV) -- Chapter 5. Heaven of Mars: Music (XV-XVII) -- Chapter 6. Heaven of Jupiter: Geometry (XVIII-XX) -- Chapter 7. Heaven of Saturn: Astronomy (XXI-XXII) -- Chapter 8. Fixed Stars: Physics and Metaphysics (XXIV-XXVII) -- Chapter 9. Primum Mobile: Moral Philosophy (XXVII-XXIX) -- Chapter 10. Empyrean: Theology (XXX-XXXIII) -- Conclusions -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Notes on the Texts -- Introduction -- Prologue I. DXV and Paradiso -- Prologue II. The Poetics of Paradiso -- Chapter 1. Heaven of the Moon: Grammar (II-IV) -- Chapter 2. Heaven of Mercury: Dialectics (V-VII) -- Chapter 3. Heaven of Venus: Rhetoric (VIII-IX) -- Chapter 4. Heaven of the Sun: Arithmetic (X-XIV) -- Chapter 5. Heaven of Mars: Music (XV-XVII) -- Chapter 6. Heaven of Jupiter: Geometry (XVIII-XX) -- Chapter 7. Heaven of Saturn: Astronomy (XXI-XXII) -- Chapter 8. Fixed Stars: Physics and Metaphysics (XXIV-XXVII) -- Chapter 9. Primum Mobile: Moral Philosophy (XXVII-XXIX) -- Chapter 10. Empyrean: Theology (XXX-XXXIII) -- Conclusions -- Index |
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