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The Transfiguration of History at the Center of Dante's Paradise
Contributor(s): Schnapp, Jeffrey Thompson (Author)

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 ISBN: 0691638586     ISBN-13: 9780691638584
Publisher: Princeton University Press
OUR PRICE: $118.75  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | European - Italian
Dewey: 851.1
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 7" W x 10" L (1.62 lbs) 300 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Italy
Features: Bibliography
 
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By examining the links between the planet Mars and the cross in the Heaven of the Warriors, Jeffrey Schnapp explores Dante's Christian rewriting of Virgil's Aeneid and Cicero's Republic at the center of the Comedy's, final canticle.

Originally published in 1986.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
 
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