Dante's Volume from Alpha to Omega brings together essays written by internationally recognized scholars to explore the poet's encyclopedic impulse in light of our own frenzied information age. This comprehensive collection of essays, coedited by Carol Chiodo and Christiana Purdy Moudarres, examines how Dante's spiritual quest is powered by an encyclopedic one, which has for more than seven centuries drawn a readership as diverse as the knowledge his work contains. The essays investigate both the intellectual and spiritual pleasures that Dante's Commedia affords, underscoring how, through the sheer breadth of its knowledge, the poem demands collective and collaborative inquiry. Rather than isolating the poetic or theological strands of the Commedia, the book acts as a bridge across disciplines, braiding together the well-worn strands of poetry and theology with those of philosophy, the sciences, and the arts. The wide range of entries within Dante's poetic summa yield multiple opportunities to reflect on their points of intersection, and the urgency of the convergence of the poem's aesthetic, intellectual, and affective aims.
| ISBN: | 9780866986359 |
| Publication date: | 4th May 2021 |
| Author: | Christiana Purdy Moudarres, Carol Chiodo |
| Publisher: | ACMRS Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 400 pages |
| Series: | Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Christianity |
Dante's Volume from Alpha to Omega brings together essays written by internationally recognized scholars to explore the poet's encyclopedic impulse in light of our own frenzied information age. This comprehensive collection of essays, coedited by Carol Chiodo and Christiana Purdy Moudarres, examines how Dante's spiritual quest is powered by an encyclopedic one, which has for more than seven centuries drawn a readership as diverse as the knowledge his work contains. The essays investigate both the intellectual and spiritual pleasures that Dante's Commedia affords, underscoring how, through the sheer breadth of its knowledge, the poem demands collective and collaborative inquiry. Rather than isolating the poetic or theological strands of the Commedia, the book acts as a bridge across disciplines, braiding together the well-worn strands of poetry and theology with those of philosophy, the sciences, and the arts. The wide range of entries within Dante's poetic summa yield multiple opportunities to reflect on their points of intersection, and the urgency of the convergence of the poem's aesthetic, intellectual, and affective aims.
Dante's Volume from Alpha to Omega features in the following genres: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Christianity
Dante's Volume from Alpha to Omega is available in Paperback
Dante's Volume from Alpha to Omega was written by Christiana Purdy Moudarres, Carol Chiodo and published by ACMRS Press
Dante's Volume from Alpha to Omega has 400 pages
Yes it is part of Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies series