A Modern Reader's Guide to Dante's Inferno
Payton, Rodney J.
A Modern Reader's Guide to Dante's Inferno [electronic resource]. - New York : Peter Lang Publishing Inc., 2012. - 1 online resource (280 p.)
Description based upon print version of record.
Table of Contents; Preface xi; Chapter 1: Introduction 1; Chapter 2: Canto I. The Dark Wood: Failure and the Guide 11; Chapter 3: Canto II. The Journey Begins: The Plan of History 21; Chapter 4: Canto III. The River Crossing: God's Justice and Aristotelian ""Place"" 35; Chapter 5: Canto IV. Limbo: The Strife of the Pity and Dante's Bibliography 41; Chapter 6: Canto V. Francesca: The Sin of Love and the Pilgrim's Failure 47; Chapter 7: Canto V-IX. Form in Inferno 57; Chapter 8: Canto X. Farinata: Virgil's Quarrel with Dante 71. Chapter 9: Canto XI. Virgil's Lecture on Hell: A Review of Landmarks 79Chapter 10: Canto XII. The Minotaur: Dante's Elaborate Relationships 91; Chapter 11: Canto XIII. Pier della Vigne: The Sin of Despair 97; Chapter 12: Canto XIV. Capaneus: Blasphemy and the Fall of Man 107; Chapter 13: Canto XV. Brunetto Latini: Sins Against Nature 117; Chapter 14: Cantos XVI-XVII. Geryon: Dante's Claim to Truthfulness 129; Chapter 15: Cantos XVIII-XIX. Fraud: Virgil's Limitations and the Corruption of the Church 139; Chapter 16: Canto XX. Fortunetelling: The Pilgrim's Triumph 151. Chapter 17: Cantos XXI-XXII. The Grafters: Humor in Hell 165Chapter 18: Cantos XXIII-XXV. Hypocrisy and Theft: St. Thomas and the Interrelations of Sins 173; Chapter 19: Canto XXVI. Ulysses: Overreaching Presumption 193; Chapter 20: Canto XXVII. Guido da Montefeltro: Prideful Presumption 205; Chapter 21: Canto XXVIII. The Sowers of Discord: Scandal and Schism 211; Chapter 22: Cantos XXIX-XXX. Alchemy: The Pilgrim's Shameful Pleasure 219; Chapter 23: Cantos XXXI-XXXII. The Giants 227; Chapter 24: Canto XXXIII. Ugolino: Pity's Final Assault 237; Chapter 25: Canto XXXIV. The Defeat of Satan 247. Bibliography 255.
This book is a thorough introduction to the Inferno for today's reader. It is based on Professor Payton's many years of reading Dante's masterpiece with university undergraduates and upon the work of the very best modern critics. The Guide can be used alone as a critical aid or as a reference work for further research.
Available electronically via the Internet.
9781453909683 9780820418278
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Inferno.
Electronic books.
851.1 851/.1
A Modern Reader's Guide to Dante's Inferno [electronic resource]. - New York : Peter Lang Publishing Inc., 2012. - 1 online resource (280 p.)
Description based upon print version of record.
Table of Contents; Preface xi; Chapter 1: Introduction 1; Chapter 2: Canto I. The Dark Wood: Failure and the Guide 11; Chapter 3: Canto II. The Journey Begins: The Plan of History 21; Chapter 4: Canto III. The River Crossing: God's Justice and Aristotelian ""Place"" 35; Chapter 5: Canto IV. Limbo: The Strife of the Pity and Dante's Bibliography 41; Chapter 6: Canto V. Francesca: The Sin of Love and the Pilgrim's Failure 47; Chapter 7: Canto V-IX. Form in Inferno 57; Chapter 8: Canto X. Farinata: Virgil's Quarrel with Dante 71. Chapter 9: Canto XI. Virgil's Lecture on Hell: A Review of Landmarks 79Chapter 10: Canto XII. The Minotaur: Dante's Elaborate Relationships 91; Chapter 11: Canto XIII. Pier della Vigne: The Sin of Despair 97; Chapter 12: Canto XIV. Capaneus: Blasphemy and the Fall of Man 107; Chapter 13: Canto XV. Brunetto Latini: Sins Against Nature 117; Chapter 14: Cantos XVI-XVII. Geryon: Dante's Claim to Truthfulness 129; Chapter 15: Cantos XVIII-XIX. Fraud: Virgil's Limitations and the Corruption of the Church 139; Chapter 16: Canto XX. Fortunetelling: The Pilgrim's Triumph 151. Chapter 17: Cantos XXI-XXII. The Grafters: Humor in Hell 165Chapter 18: Cantos XXIII-XXV. Hypocrisy and Theft: St. Thomas and the Interrelations of Sins 173; Chapter 19: Canto XXVI. Ulysses: Overreaching Presumption 193; Chapter 20: Canto XXVII. Guido da Montefeltro: Prideful Presumption 205; Chapter 21: Canto XXVIII. The Sowers of Discord: Scandal and Schism 211; Chapter 22: Cantos XXIX-XXX. Alchemy: The Pilgrim's Shameful Pleasure 219; Chapter 23: Cantos XXXI-XXXII. The Giants 227; Chapter 24: Canto XXXIII. Ugolino: Pity's Final Assault 237; Chapter 25: Canto XXXIV. The Defeat of Satan 247. Bibliography 255.
This book is a thorough introduction to the Inferno for today's reader. It is based on Professor Payton's many years of reading Dante's masterpiece with university undergraduates and upon the work of the very best modern critics. The Guide can be used alone as a critical aid or as a reference work for further research.
Available electronically via the Internet.
9781453909683 9780820418278
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Inferno.
Electronic books.
851.1 851/.1