| Dante and the Mystical Tradition: Bernard of Clairvaux in the Commedia Contributor(s): Botterill, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521434548 ISBN-13: 9780521434546 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $112.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1994 Annotation: In this study, Steven Botterill explores the intellectual relationship between the greatest poet of the fourteenth century, Dante, and the greatest spiritual writer of the twelfth century, Bernard of Clairvaux. Botterill analyzes Bernard's appearance as a character in the closing cantos of the Paradiso in the context of his medieval reputation as a contemplative mystic, devotee of Mary, and, above all, a preacher of outstanding eloquence. Botterill's new critical stance will provoke a reevaluation of Bernard's significance in the Commedia. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - Italian - Literary Criticism | European - General |
| Dewey: 851.1 |
| LCCN: 93026480 |
| Series: Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.29 lbs) 284 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy |