Divine Dialectic: Dante's Incarnational Poetry
- ISBN-10
- 0802048560
- ISBN-13
- 9780802048561
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 254
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-01-01
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Author
- Guy P. Raffa
Description
A fresh reading of Dante's major literary works - the Divine Comedy and the Vita nuova - that combines central tenets of incarnational theology and dialectical thought to challenge a dominant paradigm in Dante criticism.
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