Vertical Readings in Dante's Comedy. Volume 1
Vertical Readings in Dante's ‘Comedy' is a reappraisal of the poem by an international team of thirty-four scholars. Each vertical reading analyses three same-numbered cantos from the three canticles: Inferno i, Purgatorio i and Paradiso i; Inferno ii, Purgatorio ii and Paradiso ii; etc. Although scholars have suggested before that there are correspondences between same-numbered cantos that beg to be explored, this is the first time that the approach has been pursued in a systematic fashion ac...
Éditeur : Open Book Publishers
Lieu d’édition : Cambridge
Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 29 novembre 2016
ISBN numérique : 978-2-8218-7613-2
Collection : OBP collection
Année d’édition : 2015
ISBN (Édition imprimée) : 978-1-78374-172-4
Nombre de pages : xiii + 275
George Corbett et Heather Webb
IntroductionGeorge Corbett
1.i. Pagan Dawn of a Christian VisionHeather Webb
1.ii. OrientationMatthew Treherne
2. Reading Time, Text and the WorldVittorio Montemaggi
3. The Bliss and Abyss of Freedom: Hope, Personhood and ParticularityJohn Marenbon
4. Virtuous Pagans, Hopeless Desire and Unjust JusticeRobin Kirkpatrick
5. Massacre, Miserere and MartyrdomClaire E. Honess
6. Divided City, Slavish Italy, Universal EmpireSimon A. Gilson
7. The Wheeling SevensBrenda Deen Schildgen
8. Civitas and Love: Looking Backward from Paradiso viiieZygmunt G. Barański
9. ‘Without Any Violence’K P Clarke
10. Humility and the (P)arts of ArtPaola Nasti
11. The Art of Teaching and the Nature of Love
Vertical Readings in Dante's ‘Comedy' is a reappraisal of the poem by an international team of thirty-four scholars. Each vertical reading analyses three same-numbered cantos from the three canticles: Inferno i, Purgatorio i and Paradiso i; Inferno ii, Purgatorio ii and Paradiso ii; etc. Although scholars have suggested before that there are correspondences between same-numbered cantos that beg to be explored, this is the first time that the approach has been pursued in a systematic fashion across the poem.
This collection - to be issued in three volumes - offers an unprecedented repertoire of vertical readings for the whole poem. As the first volume exemplifies, vertical reading not only articulates unexamined connections between the three canticles but also unlocks engaging new ways to enter into core concerns of the poem. The three volumes thereby provide an indispensable resource for scholars, students and enthusiasts of Dante.
George Corbett (dir.)
Heather Webb (dir.)

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