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Author Teubner, Rachel, author.

Title Dante and the practice of humility : a theological commentary on the Divine comedy / Rachel K. Teubner, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 352 pages)
Contents Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Editions Used, Translations Given, and Commentaries Consulted -- 1 Dante's Commedia -- 2 Dante's Other Works -- 3 The Bible -- 4 Commentaries -- Introduction -- I Dante and Theology -- Dante v. Theology? Theologization, "Detheologization," and Innovation -- The Landscape of Recent Scholarship -- The Commedia on Pilgrimage: A Commentary -- II The Commedia and a Theology of Humility -- Humility and Christian Thought -- Auerbach and Humilitas-Sublimitas -- Humility and Feminist Theology
III An Itinerary: Language on Pilgrimage -- Chapter 1 Superbia as Sin in Inferno -- Inf. 1-2: Beginning in Susceptibility -- Inf. 3-5: Elusive Truths and Deluded Loves -- Inf. 6-9: Superbia among the Sins of the Appetite -- Inf. 10-13: Doctrine, Denial, and Embodiment -- Inf. 14-17: Unquenchable Fire and Unripe Fruit -- Inf. 18-25: Metamorphoses and Mixed Styles -- Inf. 26-30: Pride and Fame as Temptation -- Inf. 31-34: Superbia as Subjection -- Chapter 2 Humility as Difficult Devotion (Purg. 1-9) -- Purg. 1: Into Better Waters -- Purg. 2-4: Problems of the Body
Purg. 5-8: Earthly Affairs and Divine Community -- Purg. 9: Receiving Help, Receiving Love -- Chapter 3 Art as Humble Practice (Purg. 10-12) -- Purg. 10: Three Active Humilities -- Purg. 11: The Artists' Way -- Purg. 12: Is Repentance Futile? -- Chapter 4 Humility as Love's Condition (Purg. 13-33) -- Purg. 13-20: Glimmers of Paradise -- Purg. 21-26: Love in the Company of Poets -- Purg. 27-33: The Summit of Purgation -- Chapter 5 Humility as Capacity in Paradiso -- Par. 1-2: Poetry in Paradise -- Par. 3-5: Humility as Divinity, Love as Flame -- Par. 6-9: Bending Language Double
Par. 10-14: Humility as Vocation -- Par. 15-19: Art and Exile -- Par. 20-24: The Poem Begins to Struggle -- Par. 25-26: New "Voce," New "Vello," New Vision -- Par. 27-30: The Eclipse and the gradatio -- Par. 31-32: Seeing Christ, Seeing Humanity -- Par. 33: Humility's Paradox -- Conclusion: Humility in Motion -- Bibliography -- Index of Scriptural References -- Index
Summary "Examines humility as theologically central to the Comedy. Canto by canto, Teubner demonstrates the many means by which the poem's theology responds to contemporary readers' concerns. Readers will benefit richly from this gracefully written companion, which also introduces theologians to recent scholarship exploring Dante's religious thought"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 10, 2023)
Subject Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Religion
SUBJECT Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 fast
Divina commedia (Dante Alighieri) fast
Subject Humility in literature.
Humility in literature
Religion
Genre/Form Literary criticism
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2022059697
ISBN 9781009315340
100931534X