Dante and the Mystical Tradition: Bernard of Clairvaux in the Commedia

by Steven Botterill

Book Overview

In this study, Steven Botterill explores the intellectual relationship between the greatest poet of the fourteenth century, Dante, and the greatest spiritual writer of the twelfth century, Bernard of Clairvaux. Botterill analyses the narrative episode involving Bernard as a character in the closing cantos of the Paradiso, against the background of his medieval reputation as a contemplative mystic, devotee of Mary, and, above all, a preacher of outstanding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521021723
• ISBN13: 9780521021722
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"