Dante's prayerful pilgrimage : typologies of prayer in The comedy / by Alessandro Vettori.
Dante's prayerful pilgrimage :
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9789004405257 (electronic book)
9789004405240 (print)
9789004405240 (print)
Yer Numarası
DK/5939
Yazar
Yayın Bilgisi
Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2019.
Fiziksel Niteleme
1 online resource.
Dizi
Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts; volume22
Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004386303
Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004386303
Bibliyografi, vb. Notu
Includes bibliographical references and index.
İçindekiler Notu
Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Pilgrimage and Exile -- Blasphemy in Inferno -- The Psalms: Poetic Prayer of Ascent -- Prayer as Art in Movement -- Intercessions, Prayerful Locations, and the Theatrics of Prayer -- Dancing Souls in Paradiso -- Prayer as Desire to Be Elsewhere -- Back Matter -- Appendix -- Works Cited -- Index.
Özet, vb.
In Dante’s Prayerful Pilgrimage Alessandro Vettori provides a comprehensive analysis of prayer in Dante’s Commedia . The underlying thesis considers prayer a metaphorical pilgrimage toward a sacred location and connects it with the pilgrim’s ascent to the vision of the Trinity. Prayer is movement in Purgatorio and also in Paradiso, while eternal stasis is the penalty of blasphemous souls in Inferno . In the fictional rendition of the poem, the pilgrim’s itinerary becomes a specular reflection of Dante’s own exilic experience. Prayer’s human-divine interaction affords the poet the necessary escape from the overwhelming sense of failure in politics and love. Whether it is petitional, liturgical, thankful, praiseful, or contemplative, prayer expresses the supplicant’s wish to transform reality and attain a superior spiritual status.
Konu
Dante Alighieri, __ 1265-1321. __ Divina commedia.
Prayer in literature.
Prayer in literature.