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Named Person: | Dante Alighieri |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Guy P Raffa |
ISBN: | 9780226702698 0226702693 9780226702704 0226702707 |
OCLC Number: | 489091591 |
Description: | xviii, 371 s |
Contents: | Welcome to Danteworlds -- Major events in Dante's life -- Map of Italy in the thirteenth century -- Hell -- Illustration of Dante's hell -- Dark wood (Inferno 1-2). Periphery of hell: cowardice (Inferno 3). Circle 1: limbo (Inferno 4). Circle 2: lust (Inferno 5). Circle 3: gluttony (Inferno 6). Circle 4: avarice and prodigality (Inferno 7). Circle 5: wrath and sullenness (Inferno 7-9). Circle 6: heresy (Inferno 9-11). Circle 7: violence (Inferno 12-17). Circle 8, pouches 1-6: fraud (Inferno 18-23). Circle 8, pouches 7-10: fraud (Inferno 24-30). Circle 9: treachery (Inferno 31-34). Changing values?. Purgatory . Illustration of Dante's purgatory -- Ante-purgatory: late repentant (Purgatorio 1-6). Valley of rulers (Purgatorio 6-9). Terrace 1: pride (Purgatorio 10-12). Terrace 2: envy (Purgatorio 13-15). Terrace 3: wrath (Purgatorio 15-17). Terrace 4: sloth (Purgatorio 17-19). Terrace 5: avarice and prodigality (Purgatorio 19-22). Terrace 6: gluttony (Purgatorio 22-24). Terrace 7: lust (Purgatorio 25-27). Terrestrial paradise (Purgatorio 28-33). Dante today -- Paradise -- Illustration of Dante's paradise -- Moon: vow-breakers (Paradiso 1-5). Mercury: fame-seekers (Paradiso 5-7). Venus: ardent lovers (Paradiso 8-9). Sun: wise spirits (Paradiso 10-14). Mars: holy warriors (Paradiso 14-18). Jupiter: just rulers (Paradiso 18-20). Saturn: contemplatives (Paradiso 21-22). Fixed stars: church triumphant (Paradiso 22-27). Primum mobile: angelic orders (Paradiso 27-30). Empyrean: blessed, angels, holy trinity (Paradiso 30-33). Dante and interdisciplinarity. |
Responsibility: | Guy P. Raffa |
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