Dante & the Unorthodox: The Aesthetics of Transgression
During his lifetime, Dante was condemned as corrupt and banned from Florence on pain of death. But in 1329, eight years after his death, he was again viciously condemned-this time as a heretic and false prophet-by Friar Guido Vernani. From Vernani's inquisitorial viewpoint, the author of the Commedia seduced his readers by offering them a vessel of demonic poison mixed with poetic fantasies designed to destroy the healthful truth of Catholicism. Thanks to such pious vituperations, a sulphurous fume of unorthodoxy has persistently clung to the mantle of Dante's poetic fame. The primary critical purpose of Dante & the Unorthodox is to exa…
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- ISBN: 978-0-88920-457-7
- EAN: 9780889204577
- Produktnummer: 17618747
- Verlag: Wilfrid Laurier Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 576 S.
- Masse: H23.1 cm x B15.7 cm x D3.6 cm 862 g
- Gewicht: 862
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