Foundation Sacrifice in Dante's Commedia
- ISBN-10
- 0271013095
- ISBN-13
- 9780271013091
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Pages
- 138
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Penn State Press
- Author
- Ricardo J. Quinones
Description
Foundation Sacrifice in Dante's &"Commedia&" is the first book to take an anthropological approach to the Divine Comedy, applying it to a previously unexplored dimension of Dante's great poem. Ricardo Quinones examines foundation sacrifice&—the death of another that has become a parable for existence&—as a unifying theme that connects the three parts of the poem. In the process, Quinones gives new life to the Purgatorio, treating it not only as a sequel but actually as a dramatic response&—in revealing detail&—to the Inferno. His motif allows him to reintegrate the Paradiso into the poem as a whole, thus restoring it as a poetic event to critical appreciation.
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