Dante's Christian ethics Purgatory and its moral contexts
This book is a major re-appraisal of the Commedia as originally envisaged by Dante: as a work of ethics. Privileging the ethical, Corbett increases our appreciation of Dante's eschatological innovations and literary genius. Drawing upon a wider range of moral contexts than in previous studies,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2020
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in medieval literature
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Dante's ethical agenda : vital nourishment
- Dante's political polemic : church and empire
- Dante's theological Purgatory : earthly happiness and eternal beatitude
- Two traditions of Christian ethics : Aquinas and Peraldus
- The terrace of pride, and the poet as preacher
- The terrace of sloth, and the sin of scholars
- The terrace of avarice, and love of children