Vertical Readings in Dante’s Comedy
Vertical Readings in Dante’s Comedy by George Corbett, published by Open Book Publishers in 2015, is a hardback edition comprising 266 pages. This book presents a reappraisal of Dante’s poem through the insights of an international team of thirty-four scholars. Each vertical reading focuses on three same-numbered cantos from the three canticles: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso, systematically exploring the correspondences between these sections for the first time.
Readers will find that this collection offers a unique repertoire of vertical readings that articulate connections between the canticles, providing new perspectives on the poem’s core concerns. The volume serves as an essential resource for scholars, students, and enthusiasts of Dante, stemming from a series of public lectures held at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, from 2012 to 2016. This scholarly work delves into literary criticism, particularly within the context of Italian medieval poetry, enriching the understanding of Dante’s enduring legacy.
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Vertical Readings in Dante’s Comedy is a reappraisal of the poem by an international team of thirty-four scholars. Each vertical reading analyses three same-numbered cantos from the three canticles: Inferno i, Purgatorio i and Paradiso i; Inferno ii, Purgatorio ii and Paradiso ii; etc. Although scholars have suggested before that there are correspondences between same-numbered cantos that beg to be explored, this is the first time that the approach has been pursued in a systematic fashion across the poem.
This collection in three volumes offers an unprecedented repertoire of vertical readings for the whole poem. As the first volume exemplifies, vertical reading not only articulates unexamined connections between the three canticles but also unlocks engaging new ways to enter into core concerns of the poem. The three volumes thereby provide an indispensable resource for scholars, students and enthusiasts of Dante.
The volume has its origin in a series of thirty-three public lectures held in Trinity College, the University of Cambridge (2012-2016) which can be accessed at the Cambridge Vertical Readings in Dante’s Comedy website.
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