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Dante’s Paradiso: A Reader’s Guide

Editat de Filippo Gianferrari, Ronald Herzman
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 20 apr 2026
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.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781032572567
ISBN-10: 1032572566
Pagini: 574
Ilustrații: 28
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Academic and Postgraduate

Cuprins

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

Notă biografică

Filippo Gianferrari is Assistant Professor of Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He received a Ph.D. in Medieval Studies from the University of Notre Dame, and an MA and BA from the University of Bologna. Before joining USCS, he taught at Vassar College and Smith College.
 
Ronald Herzman is Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at the State University of New York, Geneseo. In addition to Geneseo, where he continues to teach Dante, he has taught Dante at Georgetown University, St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New York University, Regis High School, and Attica Correctional Facility.

Descriere

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.