Advent at the Gates: Dante's ComedyIndiana University Press, 1974 - 167 pages A long Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed in 1320, a year before his death in 1321. It is widely considered to be the pre-eminent work in Italian literature and one of the greatest works of world literature. The poem's imaginative vision of the afterlife is representative of the medieval world-view as it had developed in the Western Church by the 14th century. It helped establish the Tuscan language, in which it is written, as the standardized Italian language. It is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. |
Contents
A Lesson in Lust I | 1 |
Behold Francesca Who Speaks So Well | 19 |
From Measurement to Meaning Simony | 37 |
Copyright | |
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Advent Aeneid already Amor ancor angels answer ante-Purgatory arrival asks Beatrice beginning believe bolgia Bonagiunta Boniface Canto VIII Canto XIX ch'al ch'i Christian colui confession damned Dante the Pilgrim Dante the Poet Dante's described devils Dido Divine Comedy dolce stil novo entrance eyes figure Filippo Argenti Francesca da Rimini Furies gates Gentucca Guinizzelli Harrowing of Hell hear Hell hymn immediately Inferno interpretation kiss lady last line legs line of Canto lovers lust Medusa messo Minos movement narrative Nicolas nodo occhi offered opening Pagan Paolo and Francesca parallel parlar passage penne Phlegyas piè pity poetic praise present Princes punishment Purgatory VIII question reader reference remind represent reveal screams Second Circle second half seen Semiramis serpent simonists simony sinners Sordello souls speak spirits stage Styx suggel suggested surely tercet tion valley veggio Virgil Vita nuova