| Description |
1 online resource (x, 274 pages) |
| Contents |
Two ways and two ladies -- Wisdom and folly: lady philosophy and the sirens -- Romance narratives of two women -- Ulysses at the crossroads -- Jerusalem and Babylon: brides, widows, and whores -- The "little while": departure and return |
| Summary |
Re-examining key passages in Dante's oeuvre in the light of the crucial issue of moral choice, this book provides a new thematic framework for interpreting the Divine Comedy. Olivia Holmes shows how Dante articulated the relationship between the human and the divine as an erotic choice between two attractive women-Beatrice and the "other woman." Investigating the traditions and archetypes that contributed to the formation of Dante's two beloveds, Holmes shows how Dante brilliantly overlaid and combined these paradigms in his poem. In doing so he re-imagined the two women as not merely oppositional condensations of apparently conflicting cultural traditions but also complementary versions of the same. This visionary insight sheds new light on Dante's corpus and on the essential paradox at the poem's heart: the unabashed eroticism of Dante's turn away from the earthly in favor of the divine |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-264) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia.
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| SUBJECT |
Dante Alighieri 1265-1321 Divina commedia gnd |
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Dante (Alighieri). Divina commedia. swd |
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Divina commedia (Dante Alighieri) fast |
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Ethics in literature.
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Love in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian.
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Ethics in literature
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Love in literature
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Moral Motiv
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Erotik Motiv
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Litteraturvetenskap -- Italien -- 1200-talet -- 1300-talet.
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Kvinnobilden.
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Kärlek.
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Etik.
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Etik i litteraturen.
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Kärlek i litteraturen.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780300152531 |
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0300152531 |
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