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The poetics of Dante's Paradiso /

"In this book, Verdicchio provides a canto-by-canto analysis of Paradiso. He maintains that the cantica can allegorically be seen as a commentary on the political and religious establishment, framed as the punitive action of the DXV announced at the end of Purgatorio, denouncing the illicit and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Verdicchio, Massimo, 1945-
Format: Book
Language:English
Italian
Language Notes:Includes some text in Italian.
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2010]
Series:Toronto Italian studies.
Subjects:
Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321. > Paradiso.
Heaven in literature.
Ciel > Aspect religieux, dans la littérature.

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