Dante's drama of the mind A modern reading of the purgatorio / [online] :
Francis Fergusson
- New York : Princeton University Press, 1953
- 1 resursă online (244 p.)
- Princeton Legacy Library, 2142 .
Frontmatter Foreword A note on the translations in the text Contents Part one the pathos of earth (the first day: cantos i-ix) Chapter 1 : The metaphor of the journey Chapter 2 : Before understanding Chapter 3 : The fine veil of poetry Chapter 4: Canto IX: The prophetic first night Chapter 5: On the dramatic coherence of the canto Part two: The ancient path to self-knowledge (the second day: cantos x-xviii) Chapter 6: VIrgil's guidance Chapter 7: The pattern of liberation Chapter 8: Canto XV: The light of the mind Chapter 9: Canto XVI: Reason in darkness Chapter 10: Canto XVII: The analogous forms of human loves Chapter 11. Canto XVIII: The fruit of philosophy Chapter 12: On interpreting virgil Part three : The pilgrim against time (the third day: cantos xix-xxvii) Chapter 13: The new thirst Chapter 14: Canto XXI: A ghostly scene of recognition Chapter 15 : The new life of history Chapter 16 : The fragrant trees: paradoxes of human nourishment Chapter 17: canto xxv: the perilous passage Chapter 18 : the dolce stil nuovo Chapter 19 : canto xxvii: love's sacrifice Part four : Time redeemed (the morning of the fourth day: cantos xviii-xxxiii) Chapter 20: The developed form of the purgatorio Chapter 21: Beatrice: center of the allegory Chapter 22: The poetry of the end of the earthly journey Chapter 23 : Matelda: the letter for the spirit Notes