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Author Cornish, Alison, 1963-

Title Reading Dante's stars / Alison Cornish
Published New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (226 pages) : illustrations
Contents Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Allure of the Stars: Vita nuova, Convivio, Commedia -- 2. The Date of the Journey -- 3. The Harvest of Reading: Inferno 20, 24, 26 -- 4. Orientation: Purgatorio 9 -- 5. Losing the Meridian: From Purgatorio to Paradiso -- 6. The Shadows of Ideas: Paradiso 13 -- 7. The Sufficient Example: Paradiso 28 -- 8. Planets and Angels: Paradiso 29 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-214) and index
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Subject Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Knowledge -- Astronomy
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia.
SUBJECT Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 fast
Divina commedia (Dante Alighieri) fast
Subject Astronomy, Medieval, in literature.
Cosmography in literature.
POETRY -- Continental European.
Astronomy
Astronomy, Medieval, in literature
Cosmography in literature
La divina commedia (Dante)
Sterrenkunde.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 99039103
ISBN 9780300133493
0300133499