Dante's Testaments: Essays in Scriptural Imagination

by Peter Hawkins and Peter S. Hawkins

Book Overview

This book explores the wide range of Dante's reading and the extent to which he transformed what he read, whether in the biblical canon, in the ancient Latin poets, in such Christian authorities as Augustine or Benedict, or in the "book of the world"--the globe traversed by pilgrims and navigators.

The author argues that the exceptional independence and strength of Dante's forceful stance vis- -vis other authors, amply on display in both...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804737010
• ISBN13: 9780804737012
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"