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1 online resource (577 pages) |
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Acknowledgments; Introduction: Retheologizing Dante; Part I-Trapassar; Part II-Trasmutar; Part III-Trasumanar; Part IV-Traslatar; Part V-Tralucere; Part VI-Trasmodar; Notes on Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
During his lifetime, Dante was condemned as corrupt and banned from Florence on pain of death. But in 1329, eight years after his death, he was again viciously condemned--this time as a heretic and false prophet--by Friar Guido Vernani. From Vernani's inquisitorial viewpoint, the author of the Commedia "seduced" his readers by offering them "a vessel of demonic poison" mixed with poetic fantasies designed to destroy the "healthful truth" of Catholicism. Thanks to such pious vituperations, a sulphurous fume of unorthodoxy has persistently clung to the mantle of Dante's poetic fame. The primary |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia.
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Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Religion
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Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 fast |
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Divina commedia (Dante Alighieri) fast |
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Christianity in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval.
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Christianity in literature
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Religion
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780889209275 |
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0889209278 |
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