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Dante and the Medieval Other World »

Authors: Alison Morgan
ISBN-13: 9780521039277, ISBN-10: 0521039274
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: August 2007
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Alison Morgan

Book Synopsis

A study of the Divine Comedy, offering an interesting perspective on Dante's representation of the afterlife.

List of plates; Preface; Introduction;
1. Topographical motifs of the other world;
2. The inhabitants of the other world;
3. The guide;
4. The classification of sin;
5. The mountain of Purgatory;
6. The representation of Paradise; Appendixes; Bibliography; Indices.