Shadow of Dante - Being an Essay Towards Studying Himself, His World and His Pilgrimage

Klappentext First published in 1871, this essay is still one of the best introductions to Dante available today. Zusammenfassung Maria Francesca Rossetti (1827–76) explains the perplexing universe of the Divine Comedy in this 1871 essay. Including maps of Paradise and the Inferno, invaluable linguistic notes, and beautiful translations by William Rossetti and Henry Longfellow, her exegesis is still among the finest introductions to Dante available today. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Prefatory and introductory; 2. Dante's universe; 3. Dante's life-experience; 4. The wood, and the apparition of Virgil; 5. The hell; 6. Dante's pilgrimage through hell; 7. The purgatory; 8. Dante's pilgrimage through purgatory; 9. The garden of Eden, and the descent of Beatrice; 10. The paradise; 11. Dante's pilgrimage through paradise; Indexes.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Maria Francesca Rossetti, Rossetti Maria Francesca
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.06.2013
• EAN: 9781108060769
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06076-9
• Pagine: 320
• Serie: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Italian, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets