| Series |
Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature ; 110
Cambridge studies in medieval literature 110. ^A223309
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| Contents |
Dante's ethical agenda : vital nourishment -- Dante's political polemic : church and empire -- Dante's theological Purgatory : earthly happiness and eternal beatitude -- Two traditions of Christian ethics : Aquinas and Peraldus -- The terrace of pride, and the poet as preacher -- The terrace of sloth, and the sin of scholars -- The terrace of avarice, and love of children. |
| Summary |
This book is a major re-appraisal of the Commedia as originally envisaged by Dante: as a work of ethics. Privileging the ethical, Corbett increases our appreciation of Dante's eschatological innovations and literary genius. Drawing upon a wider range of moral contexts than in previous studies, this book presents an overarching account of the complex ordering and political programme of Dante's afterlife. Balancing close readings with a lucid overview of Dante's Commedia as an ethical and political manifesto, Corbett cogently approaches the poem through its moral structure. The book provides detailed interpretations of three particularly significant sins - pride, sloth, and avarice - and the three terraces of Purgatory devoted to them. While scholars register Dante's explicit confession of pride, the volume uncovers Dante's implicit confession of sloth and prodigality (the opposing subvice of avarice) through Statius, his moral cypher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Corbett, George. Dante's Christian ethics. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020 9781108776875 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| LCCN | 2019038190 |
| ISBN | 9781108489416 hardback |
| ISBN | 1108489419 hardback |
| ISBN | 9781108702447 paperback |
| ISBN | 1108702449 paperback |
| ISBN | (epub) |
