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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.

Table of Contents

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

Lectura Dantis Americana Inferno III

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      Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
      Published 29 September 1993
      ISBN-13 9780812232295
      978-0812232295
      ISBN-10 0812232291
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      Literature: history and criticism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents

      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

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