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Dante, Eros, and Kabbalah » (New Edition)
Authors: Mark Jay Mirsky
ISBN-13: 9780815630272, ISBN-10: 0815630271
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Date Published: October 2003
Edition: New Edition
Author Biography: Mark Jay Mirsky
Book Synopsis
Novelist and short story writer Mirsky (English, City College of New York) offers a radical reading of Dante by identifying the influence of Proven<,c>al poets, medieval theologians, Dante's personal life, and the sources of his classical education. He finds in the Commedia riddles of dreams, poetry, philosophy, and the poet's concealed autobiography. Excerpts are in Italian and English. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Author's Note | ||
| 1 | Dante in America | 1 |
| 2 | Heavenly Intercourse | 23 |
| 3 | Seduced by Beatrice? | 29 |
| 4 | Bewildered | 59 |
| 5 | Ocean | 77 |
| 6 | Dante and King David | 97 |
| 7 | Nude in Paradise | 109 |
| 8 | A Mother's Milk | 121 |
| 9 | Holy Number | 141 |
| 10 | Messiah on Earth | 165 |
| 11 | Dante in Exile | 189 |
| 12 | Rimbomba | 199 |
| References | 221 | |
| Index | 227 |
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