The Body of Beatrice by Robert Pogue Harrison
Harrison's elegant poems follow in the steps of his work on interpreting the classic Divine Comedyby Dante. (Poetry)
The Body of Beatrice
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Harrison's elegant poems follow in the steps of his work on interpreting the classic Divine Comedyby Dante. (Poetry)
The Body of Beatrice Summary
The Body of Beatrice Reviews
The quality and intensity of Harrison's attention, and the subtlety with which his argument gradually unfolds, makes The Body of Beatrice as compelling and pleasurable to read as a fine work of fiction... The best book on the Vita Nuova I have ever read. Speculum
About Robert Pogue Harrison
Robert Pogue Harrison is a professor of literature at Stanford University, where he is Rosina Pierotti Professor in Italian Literature in the Department of French & Italian.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Editions and Translations
Introduction: Critical Differences
Part I. Beatrice Alive
Chapter One. Dante's Dream
Chapter Two. The Ideal Lyric
Chapter Three. Figures of Love
Chapter Four. The Ghost of Guido Calvalcanti
Part Two. Beatrice Dead
Chapter Five. The Death of Beatrice and the Petrarchan Alternative
Chapter Six. Beyond the Lyric
Chapter Seven. The Narrative Breakthrough
Chapter Eight. Vision and Revision: The Provisional Essence of the Vita Nuova
Epilogue
Notes
Index of Passages Cited
General Index
Additional information
NLS9780801866678
9780801866678
0801866677
The Body of Beatrice by Robert Pogue Harrison
New
Paperback
Johns Hopkins University Press
2000-12-14
224
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