Lectura Dantis Americana
Inferno III

Maria Picchio Simonelli (Author), William A. Stephany (Author), Robert Hollander (Contributions by), Patrick Creagh (Translated by), Robert Hollander (Translated by)

9780812232295

Hardback, published 29 September 1993

144 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.438 kg

The third volume in the series Lectura Dantis Americana is Maria Picchio Simonelli's study of Inferno III. Primarily philological in its focus, the book examines in detail a number of the cruces found in this canto, which initiates the voyage to the underworld in Dante's poem.

Preface
Chapter I- The Ante-Inferno
Chapter II- The Inscription
Chapter III- Spiritual Readiness to Enter Hell
Chapter IV- The Sounds of Suffering
Chapter V- Scorned Mercy and Justice
Chapter VI- The Coward
Chapter VII- Toward Acheron
Chapter VIII- Charon
Chapter IX- The Souls at the River
Chapter X- Divine Justice: Fear and Desire
Chapter XI- Prodigy and Sleep
Chapter XII- The Form and Meaning of Canto III
Notes
Bibliography
Index