{"product_id":"dantes-drama-of-the-mind-9780691622613","title":"Dantes Drama of the Mind","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*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","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403975663959,"sku":"9780691622613","price":28.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691622613.jpg?v=1730485051","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dantes-drama-of-the-mind-9780691622613","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}