Dante & the Unorthodox: The Aesthetics of TransgressionJames L. Miller Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 22 apr. 2005 - 566 sidor During his lifetime, Dante was condemned as corrupt and banned from Florence on pain of death. But in 1329, eight years after his death, he was again viciously condemned—this time as a heretic and false prophet—by Friar Guido Vernani. From Vernani’s inquisitorial viewpoint, the author of the Commedia “seduced” his readers by offering them “a vessel of demonic poison” mixed with poetic fantasies designed to destroy the “healthful truth” of Catholicism. Thanks to such pious vituperations, a sulphurous fume of unorthodoxy has persistently clung to the mantle of Dante’s poetic fame. The primary critical purpose of Dante & the Unorthodox is to examine the aesthetic impulses behind the theological and political reasons for Dante’s allegory of mid-life divergence from the papally prescribed “way of salvation.” Marking the septicentennial of his exile, the book’s eighteen critical essays, three excerpts from an allegorical drama, and a portfolio of fourteen contemporary artworks address the issue of the poet’s conflicted relation to orthodoxy. By bringing the unorthodox out of the realm of “secret things,” by uncensoring them at every turn, Dante dared to oppose the censorious regime of Latin Christianity with a transgressive zeal more threatening to papal authority than the demonic hostility feared by Friar Vernani. |
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... called to the publisher's attention will be corrected in future printings . Printed in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced , stored in a retrieval system or transmitted , in any form or by any means , without the prior ...
... called the Circolo Dantesco di London , represented many disciplines in the University : English , German , philosophy , classics , music , chemistry , physiology . Curiously no Italianist took part . The group was united not by ...
... called upon to imagine in the unclassical dimensions of this dreamlike state is not a mystical altitude or latitude , measures which might help us to determine where we're heading , but a disorienting new " beyonditude , ” in which ...
... called upon to make the anagogic translations of pagan myth into Catholic mystery - his self - sacrifice to Apollo ( the god of both reason and rhyme ) rhetorically impels us to believe in Dante - poet as Dante - theologian , and vice ...
... called upon to believe what Dante believed , for your belief will not give you a groat's worth more of understanding and appreciation ; but you are called upon more and more to understand it . If you can read poetry as poetry , you will ...
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Part IITrasmutar | 121 |
Part IIITrasumanar | 249 |
Part IVTraslatar | 327 |
Part VTralucere | 367 |
Part VITrasmodar | 489 |
Notes on Contributors | 531 |
Index | 535 |
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