Dante’s Testaments

Essays in Scriptural Imagination

By:

Peter S Hawkins

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Hardback

Series:

Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture

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This text explores the wide range of Dante's reading and the extent to which he transformed what he read, whether in the biblical canon, in the ancient Latin poets, in such Christian authorities as Augustine or Benedict, or in the book of the world the globe traversed by pilgrims and navigators. The author argues that the exceptional independence and strength of Dante's forceful stance vis-a-vis other authors, amply on display in both the Commedia and so-called minor works, is informed by a deep knowledge of the Christian Scriptures. The Bible in question is not only the canonical text and its authoritative commentaries but also the Bible as experienced in sermon and liturgy, hymn and song, fresco and illumination, or even in the aphorisms of everyday speech.

Author Biography:

Peter S. Hawkins is Professor of Religion and Literature at the Yale Divinity School. He is the author of books on ineffability, the image of the city, and American fiction, as well as editor (with Rachel Jacoff) of a forthcoming collection of essays, The Poet's Dante.

Release date Australia

November 1st, 1999

Author

Peter S Hawkins

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

400

Series

Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture

Dimensions

152x229x36

ISBN-13

9780804734929

Product ID

3954135

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