Dante's Paradiso and the Limitations of Modern Criticism : A Study of Style and Poetic Theory (Paperback)

Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Note on the translation; Introduction; 1. The 'modest voice' and the Paradiso; 2. Dante's conception of poetic discipline; 3. The stable phrase; 4. Independence and the reader of the Paradiso; 5. Word and image in the Paradiso; 6. The organisation of the canto in the Paradiso; Conclusion; Notes; Select bibliography; Cantos of the Commedia cited in text; Index of names; Index of topics.