In the Light of the Angels: Angelology and Cosmology in Dante's Divina Commedia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9788822259745)

As the first organic study on angelic operations in the Divine Comedy, this book puts Dante's angelology within the XIII century theological and philosophical debate on the nature and functions of separate substances. Highlighting the original fusion of classical and patristic traditions within the providential outline of the poem, it argues the centrality of angels in the Comedy's ethical-cosmological system and narrative strategy, opening new interpretations of figures such as the "Heavenly Messenger"; the Purgatory angels; and Beatrice.

Author: Susanna Barsella
ISBN-10: 8822259742
ISBN-13: 9788822259745
Publisher: Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki
Language: English
Published: 09/16/2010
Pages: 230
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.45h x 6.61w x 0.63d