Dante's Interpretive Journey: Volume 1996

by William Franke

Book Overview

Critically engaging the thought of Heidegger, Gadamer, and others, William Franke contributes both to the criticism of Dante's Divine Comedy and to the theory of interpretation.

Reading the poem through the lens of hermeneutical theory, Franke focuses particularly on Dante's address to the reader as the site of a disclosure of truth. The event of the poem for its reader becomes potentially an experience of truth both human and divine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226259986
• ISBN13: 9780226259987
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"