Vertical Readings in Dante's Comedy

by Heather Webb and George Corbett

Book Overview

"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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1013288432
• ISBN13: 9781013288432
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 2.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 11.0"