A highly original and comprehensive reading, The Poetics of Dante's Paradiso challenges established scholarly interpretations to demonstrate that the intricacies of Dante's text reveal a subtle irony, employed to deliver a sharp critique of the corrupt church and empire of his own time.
A highly original and comprehensive reading, The Poetics of Dante's Paradiso challenges established scholarly interpretations to demonstrate that the intricacies of Dante's text reveal a subtle irony, employed to deliver a sharp critique of the corrupt church and empire of his own time.
Introduction Prologue I: DXV and Paradiso Prologue II: The Poetics of Paradiso 1. Heaven of the Moon: Grammar (II−IV) 2. Heaven of Mercury: Dialectics (V−VII) 3. Heaven of Venus: Rhetoric (VIII, IX) 4. Heaven of the Sun: Arithmetic (X−XIV) 5. Heaven of Mars: Music (XV−XVII) 6. Heaven of Jupiter: Geometry (XVIII, XIX, XX) 7. Heaven of Saturn: Astronomy (XXI−XXII) 8. Fixed Stars: Physics and Metaphysics (XXIV−XXVII) 9. Primum Mobile: Moral Philosophy (XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX) 10. Empyrean: Theology (XXX−XXXIII) Conclusions
Introduction Prologue I: DXV and Paradiso Prologue II: The Poetics of Paradiso 1. Heaven of the Moon: Grammar (II−IV) 2. Heaven of Mercury: Dialectics (V−VII) 3. Heaven of Venus: Rhetoric (VIII, IX) 4. Heaven of the Sun: Arithmetic (X−XIV) 5. Heaven of Mars: Music (XV−XVII) 6. Heaven of Jupiter: Geometry (XVIII, XIX, XX) 7. Heaven of Saturn: Astronomy (XXI−XXII) 8. Fixed Stars: Physics and Metaphysics (XXIV−XXVII) 9. Primum Mobile: Moral Philosophy (XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX) 10. Empyrean: Theology (XXX−XXXIII) Conclusions
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