Foundation Sacrifice in Dante's Commedia
by Quinones, Ricardo J
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Book VG+: mild foxing to endpapers else clean, square, tight, unmarked/DJ VG+: mild shelf wear, NOT clipped.
- ISBN 10
- 0271013095
- ISBN 13
- 9780271013091
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About This Item
University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994. first edition. hardcover. Book VG+: mild foxing to endpapers else clean, square, tight, unmarked/DJ VG+: mild shelf wear, NOT clipped.. 8vo 138pp. from rear flap: "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." #02344.
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- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2279
- Title
- Foundation Sacrifice in Dante's Commedia
- Author
- Quinones, Ricardo J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG+: mild foxing to endpapers else clean, square, tight, unmarked
- Jacket Condition
- DJ VG+: mild shelf wear, NOT clipped.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- ISBN 10
- 0271013095
- ISBN 13
- 9780271013091
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Place of Publication
- University Park, PA
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- Dante, literary criticism, nonfiction, first edition
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