Tambling, JeremyUnknown
Springer International Publishing (Cham, Switzerland , 2021) (eng) English9783030656287Unknown1st ed.RELIGION; UnknownThis book argues that Paradiso – Dante’s vision of Heaven – is not simply affirmative. It posits that Paradiso compensates for disappointment rather than fulfils hopes, and where it moves into joy and vision, this also rationalises the experience of exile and the failure of all Dante’s political hopes. The book highlights and addresses a fundamental problem in reading Dante: the assumption that he writes as a Catholic Christian, which can be off-putting and induces an overly theological and partisan reading in some commentary. Accordingly, the study argues that Dante must be read ow in a post-Christian modernity. It discusses Dante’s Christianity fully, and takes its details as a source of wonder and beauty which need communicating to a modern reader. Yet, the study also argues that we must read for the alterity of Dante’s world from ours.
Physical dimension
1 online resource (xi, 314 p.)Unknownill.
Summary / review / table of contents
1. Introduction: Reading Paradiso out of time --
2. Within the shadow of the earth --
3. Dancing in the sun: Paradiso- cantos 10-14 --
4. Mars, Jupiter, Saturn : history and its reversals --
5. Fixed stars, diasporic times: Paradiso 22-27 --
6. Angels: Paradiso 28 and 29 --
7. The ultimate vision: Paradiso 30-33 --
Index.