Dante, Poet of the Secular World

allegory Amore ancient apostrophe Arnaut Daniel Beatrice canzone Cavalcanti celestial spheres character Christ Christian Comedy conception concordance concrete Convivio culture Dante Dante's destiny didactic Divine Comedy doctrine donna earth earthly epic eschatological eternal ethical evil example experience expression feeling figures gentile Giraut de Bornelh Guido Cavalcanti Guinizelli heaven Hell historical human idea individual Inferno inner interpretation Italian language living lofty lyrical man's meaning ment metaphors mimesis mind mystical myth mythical nature Neo-Platonic never occhi Odysseus Paradise passage passion perfect Petrarch philosophical poem poetic poetry political preserved Provençal poets purely Purg Purgatory rational reader reality rhetorical rhyme seems sense sensuous sentence sonnet soul speak sphere spirit stil nuovo striving structure style sublime Summa theologica tercet theme things Thomist tion tradition transformed trobar clus true truth ultimate fate unity Virgil vision Vita nuova whole words world order youth