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OverviewThis book argues that Paradiso – Dante’s vision of Heaven – is not simply affirmative. It posits that Paradiso compensates for disappointment rather than fulfils hopes, and where it moves into joy and vision, this also rationalises the experience of exile and the failure of all Dante’s political hopes. The book highlights and addresses a fundamental problem in reading Dante: the assumption that he writes as a Catholic Christian, which can be off-putting and induces an overly theological and partisan reading in some commentary. Accordingly, the study argues that Dante must be read now in a post-Christian modernity. It discusses Dante's Christianity fully, and takes its details as a source of wonder and beauty which need communicating to a modern reader. Yet, the study also argues that we must read for the alterity of Dante’s world from ours. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jeremy TamblingPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition: 1st ed. 2021 Weight: 0.432kg ISBN: 9783030656300ISBN 10: 3030656306 Pages: 314 Publication Date: 09 March 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Introduction: On Reading Paradiso: Dante’s Dualism.- 2. Chapter 1: The Inconstant Moon, Paradiso and the Feminine.- 3. Chapter 2: Mercury: Roman History.- 4. Chapter 3: Poetry and the Violence of Venus.- 5. Chapter 4: ‘Dancing in the Sun: The Trinity in Motion' (Paradiso 10-14).- 6. Chapter 5: ‘Mars and Mutilation: Florence and the Baptist’.- 7. Chapter 6: ‘Time and Chronology in Jupiter and Saturn’ (Paradiso 18-22).- 8. Chapter 7: ‘Fixed Stars and Diasporic Times: Paradiso 22-27’.- 9. Chapter 8: ‘Dante’s Angels: Paradiso 28 and 29’.- 10. Chapter 9: ‘The Ultimate Vision: Multiple Relationships: Paradiso 30-33’.Reviews“If one is looking for an understanding of Dante’s cosmos informed in equal parts by Walter Benjamin, George Herbert, and Ptolemy, it is to be found in Tambling’s book. … his book undeniably shows that ideas explored in Paradiso continue to matter beyond Dante’s own immediate context.” (Aistė Kiltinavičiūtė, Modern Language Review, Vol. 117 (3), July, 2022) If one is looking for an understanding of Dante's cosmos informed in equal parts by Walter Benjamin, George Herbert, and Ptolemy, it is to be found in Tambling's book. ... his book undeniably shows that ideas explored in Paradiso continue to matter beyond Dante's own immediate context. (Aiste Kiltinaviciute, Modern Language Review, Vol. 117 (3), July, 2022) Author InformationJeremy Tambling is Professor of English at SWPS Warsaw (University of Social Sciences and Humanities), Poland. Prior to this, he was Professor of Literature at Manchester University, UK, and Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. He has written widely on Dante, psychoanalysis, urban literary studies, and Victorian literature. Previous publications on Dante include Dante and Difference: Writing in the Commedia (1988), Dante: A Critical Reader (ed.1999), and Dante in Purgatory: States of Affect (2012). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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