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The third volume in the series Lectura Dantis Americana is Maria Picchio Simonelli's study of Inferno III. Primarily philological in its focus, the book examines in detail a number of the cruces found in this canto, which initiates the voyage to the underworld in Dante's poem.
Price: $95.00
Pages: 144
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection
Series: Anniversary Collection
Publication Date:
29 September 1993
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780812232295
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian
Preface
Chapter I- The Ante-Inferno
Chapter II- The Inscription
Chapter III- Spiritual Readiness to Enter Hell
Chapter IV- The Sounds of Suffering
Chapter V- Scorned Mercy and Justice
Chapter VI- The Coward
Chapter VII- Toward Acheron
Chapter VIII- Charon
Chapter IX- The Souls at the River
Chapter X- Divine Justice: Fear and Desire
Chapter XI- Prodigy and Sleep
Chapter XII- The Form and Meaning of Canto III
Notes
Bibliography
Index