Dante Soundings: Eight Literary and Historical Essays

Aeneas Aeneid afterlife allegory Amor anagogical anagogical exodus appears Aquinas argument Aristotelian Aristotle avarice Beatrice beauty Boethius Cacciaguida canto Cato character Christ Christian Church classical Commedia condemnation contrast Convivio Dante Dante Studies Dante's death describes destiny Divine Comedy dolce earthly lives Earthly Paradise emperor episode Epistola eternal exemplum exodus fact fede figural Florence Florentine Fortuna Fortuna passage Francesca fulfilment God's Heaven heavenly Hell human Inferno vii interpretation Jerusalem journey justice Latin lines literal sense meaning medieval Monarchia moral allegory moral exodus nature pagan parables Paradiso Paris periphrasis philosophy Pier della Vigna Piero pilgrimage poem poet poeta poetic poetry political polysemy prefigured present pruno punishment Purg Purgatorio Purgatorio xviii reader reason reference resurrection rhetoric Ripheus Roman Empire Rome Siger of Brabant souls speech St Thomas Statius Statius's style suicide terzina Testament theme Theology true truth typology University University College Dublin verb Virgil Virgilio whole word