{"product_id":"dantes-sacred-poem-evija-trofimova-9781474275767","title":"Dante's Sacred Poem","description":"Arguing that the consecrated body in the Eucharist is one of the central metaphors structuring \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e, this book is the first comprehensive exploration of the theme of transubstantiation across Dante's epic poem. Drawing attention first to the historical and theological tensions inherent in ideas of transubstantiation that rippled through Western culture up to the early fourteenth century, Sheila Nayar engages in a Eucharistic reading of both the \"flesh\" allusions and \"metamorphosis\" motifs that thread through the entirety of Dante's poem. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the cannibalistic resonances of the Ugolino episode in the \u003ci\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e to the Corpus Christi-like procession seminal to \u003ci\u003ePurgatory\u003c\/i\u003e, Nayar demonstrates how these sacrifice- and Host-related metaphors, allusions, and tropes lead directly and intentionally to the \u003ci\u003eComedy's\u003c\/i\u003e final vision, that of the Eucharist itself. Arguing that the final revelation in \u003ci\u003eParadise\u003c\/i\u003e is analogically \"the Bread of Life,\" Nayar brings to the fore Christ's centrality (as sacrament) to \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e-a reading that is certain to alter current-day thinking about Dante's poem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Evija Trofimova\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474275761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474275767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.54d","brand":"Evija Trofimova","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47425278247167,"sku":"9781474275767","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_23239fed-f86c-41fa-96d3-0685ab361f66.jpg?v=1761538157","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dantes-sacred-poem-evija-trofimova-9781474275767","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}