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Book SynopsisThe individual insights employed in this reading of the Purgatorio are those of a twentieth-century mind, as are the author's references: T. S. Eliot, Henry James, I.A. Richards, Jacques Maritain, and many others. Purposely avoiding the pitfalls of Dantean scholarship, Mr. Fergusson reveals the drama of the order of Dante's vision, the developed fo
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. I*FOREWORD, pg. V*A NOTE ON THE TRANSLATIONS IN THE TEXT, pg. VII*CONTENTS, pg. IX*CHAPTER 1. THE METAPHOR OF THE JOURNEY, pg. 3*CHAPTER 2. BEFORE UNDERSTANDING, pg. 14*CHAPTER 3. THE FINE VEIL OF POETRY, pg. 22*CHAPTER 4. CANTO IX: THE PROPHETIC FIRST NIGHT, pg. 30*CHAPTER 5. ON THE DRAMATIC COHERENCE OF THE CANTO, pg. 42*CHAPTER 6. VIRGIL'S GUIDANCE, pg. 49*CHAPTER 7. THE PATTERN OF LIBERATION, pg. 53*CHAPTER 8. CANTO XV: THE LIGHT OF THE MIND, pg. 63*CHAPTER 9. CANTO XVI: REASON IN DARKNESS, pg. 69*CHAPTER 10. CANTO XVII: THE ANALOGOUS FORMS OF HUMAN LOVES, pg. 80*CHAPTER 11. CANTO XVIII: THE FRUIT OF PHILOSOPHY, pg. 88*CHAPTER 12. ON INTERPRETING VIRGIL, pg. 99*CHAPTER 13. THE NEW THIRST, pg. 107*CHAPTER 14. CANTO XXI: A GHOSTLY SCENE OF RECOGNITION, pg. 115*CHAPTER 15. THE NEW LIFE OF HISTORY, pg. 125*CHAPTER 16. THE FRAGRANT TREES: PARADOXES OF HUMAN NOURISHMENT, pg. 135*CHAPTER 17. CANTO XXV: THE PERILOUS PASSAGE, pg. 143*CHAPTER 18: THE DOLCE STIL NUOVO, pg. 151*CHAPTER 19. CANTO XXVII: LOVE'S SACRIFICE, pg. 161*CHAPTER 20. THE DEVELOPED FORM OF THE PURGATORIO, pg. 175*CHAPTER 21. BEATRICE: CENTER OF THE ALLEGORY, pg. 183*CHAPTER 22. THE POETRY OF THE END OF THE EARTHLY JOURNEY, pg. 194*CHAPTER 23. MATELDA: THE LETTER FOR THE SPIRIT, pg. 204*NOTES, pg. 217
