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Full Description
Dante's Paradiso delivers an accessible reader's guide to the third canticle of The Divine Comedy, while providing critical overviews of the whole poem. This unique collaborative volume, written by a team of international scholars:
• engages the richness and cultural depth of the text
• enriches our understanding of both the historical context and contemporary standings of its intellectual, political, and ethical challenges in academia today
• addresses connections between Dante and a multi-cultural world
Providing readers with practical insights into the methods and approaches to Dante's Paradiso, this volume serves as an important reference work for students and researchers who wish to explore the vast world of Dante's final masterpiece.
Contents
Introduction. A Restless Paradise
Filippo Gianferrari & Ronald Herzman
Part I: Foundations
1. The Structure of Dante's Paradiso: or How to Tell a Story Beyond Time and Space (Paradiso 1-4)
Alejandro Cuadrado
2. From End to Beginning: Cosmogony and Cosmology
Theodore J. Cachey, Jr.
3. Hierarchy and Diversity
Paola Nasti
4. Beatrice in Paradiso
Elena Lombardi
Part II: Readings
5. The Subject of Violence (Paradiso 3-5)
Brenda Deen Schildgen
6. Heat and Light in the Sun (Paradiso 10-14)
Ronald Herzman
7. The Body of Knowledge (Paradiso 14)
Filippo Gianferrari
8. Politics and Prophecy: Past, Present, and Future (Paradiso 15-18)
Rev'd Dr Claire Honess
9. Justice for All (Paradiso 18-20)
Akash Kumar
10. Dante among the Stars (Paradiso 22-27)
Zygmunt G. Barański
11. Language (Paradiso 26)
Heather Webb
12. The Edge of the Universe (Paradiso 27-30)
Alison Cornish
13. The Virgin Mary in Paradiso: Flower of Humanity
Brian K. Reynolds
14. The End of Imagination (Paradiso 33)
William Franke
Part III: Global Perspectives
15. Early Receptions
Simon A. Gilson
16. Paradiso in World Religions and Spiritualities
Eileen Gardiner
17. Dante's Paradiso: A Text that Can Foster Interreligious Dialogue?
Vittorio Montemaggi
18. The Love that Moves: Dante's Paradiso in Contemporary Culture
Arielle Saiber



