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Foundation Sacrifice in Dante's "Commedia"

Foundation Sacrifice in Dante's "Commedia"

Quinones, Ricardo J.

Paperback

Literary CriticismFiction AnthologiesPoetry Criticism

ISBN10: 0271028033
ISBN13: 9780271028033
Publisher: Penn St Univ Pr
Published: Sep 15 1994
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.51
Height: 0.35 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

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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