{"product_id":"dantes-two-beloveds-olivia-holmes-9780300125429","title":"Dante's Two Beloveds: Ethics and Erotics in the \"divine Comedy\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eRe-examining key passages in Dante's oeuvre in the light of the crucial issue of moral choice, this book provides a new thematic framework for interpreting the \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e. Olivia Holmes shows how Dante articulated the relationship between the human and the divine as an erotic choice between two attractive women--Beatrice and the \"other woman.\" Investigating the traditions and archetypes that contributed to the formation of Dante's two beloveds, Holmes shows how Dante brilliantly overlaid and combined these paradigms in his poem. In doing so he re-imagined the two women as not merely oppositional condensations of apparently conflicting cultural traditions but also complementary versions of the same. This visionary insight sheds new light on Dante's corpus and on the essential paradox at the poem's heart: the unabashed eroticism of Dante's turn away from the earthly in favor of the divine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Olivia Holmes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300125429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300125429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/07\/2008 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2009","brand":"Olivia Holmes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44311475486975,"sku":"9780300125429","price":73.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_509afe25-d4ee-4b03-a17a-dc4260b407eb.jpg?v=1695722967","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dantes-two-beloveds-olivia-holmes-9780300125429","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}