G. A. Scartazzini

SVI. THE LETTERS. C. A. Dinsmore

SI.

§ II.

CHAPTER VI

THE DIVINA COMMEDIA

THE DIVINA COMMEDIA. H. W. Longfellow

DATE (Gardner). STRUCTURE (Federn). THE

TERZA RIMA

§III. DANTE'S COSMOGRAPHY. Karl Witte.

Scriptural account of the dependence of the fir-

mament on the earth; the Ptolemaic system; the

eight heavens and their epicycles; the ninth

heaven; the earth as Dante conceived it; the

purgatorial mountain; hell; effects of Christ's

death on both; the southern cross; terrestrial

paradise; the seven planets and their symbolical

significance; the shadow of the earth; the an-

gels; influence of the stars; free will; the

empyrean

§IV. THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE DIVINA COMMEDIA.

P. H. Wicksteed

xiii

219-221

221-222

225-227

228-230

231-252

253-261

SV.

LETTER TO CAN GRANDE.

262-286

§ VI.

THE MORAL TOPOGRAPHY OF THE INFERNO.

E. G. Gardner

§ VII. THE NATURE OF VERGIL IN THE DIVINA COM-

MEDIA. D. Comparetti.

Reasons which led Dante to choose Vergil in

preference to Aristotle; Vergil more definitely

Christian than in tradition; his exceptional wis-

dom; Dante's conception truer than that of tra-

dition; Vergil further from perfection than Cato. 290-303

§VIII. STRUCTURE AND MORAL SIGNIFICANCE OF PUR-

GATORY. E. G. Gardner. .

SIX. THE MORAL TEACHINGS OF AQUINAS.

On happiness; the cardinal virtues; the theo-

304-307

§ X.

logical virtues; on sin; the active and the con-

templative life; the state of perfection

BEATRICE. G. A. Scartazzini

SXI. THE PARADISO. C. A. Dinsmore.

SI.

§ II.

16

. 308-323

324-331

The sublime canticle; its theme; the beginnings

of the spiritual life; astronomical framework;

two fundamental truths; light, life, truth

CHAPTER VII

INTERPRETATIONS

THE CHARACTER, PURPOSE, AND POETIC QUAL-

ITIES OF THE DIVINA COMMEDIA. Dean

Church.

The strangeness of the Comedy; the theme

modern; Dante's self-confidence; his indepen-

dence; the muscularizing of his character; the

greatness of his aim; this world and the next

equally real; the purpose of the poem; intro-

duction of the serious into literature; subordi-

nates sensibility to exact truth; love of light;

beauty, melody, and uncouthness spring from a

love of reality; greatness not in detail; but in

the strength of the whole

THE POETRY OF THE INFERNO. A. Gaspary.

The condensed power of Dante's poetry; his

satirical energy; the comic element; his bar-
barous realism .

§III. THE DIVINA COMMEDIA THE EMBODIMENT OF

THE CHRISTIAN IDEA OF A TRIUMPHANT

LIFE. J. R. Lowell.

Dante's firm faith in the divine order; the first
to make a poem wholly out of himself; the chief
of descriptive poets; the seat perilous

. 332-345

349-397

398-415

416-426

429-430

433-4

ILLUSTRATIONS

DANTE. THE RICCARDI PORTRAIT. (See p. 159.)

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TABLE II. THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE PURGATORIO
VEDUTA INTERNA DELL' INFERNO

TABLE III. CLASSIFICATION OF SINS IN THE INFERNO. 288
ORDINAMENTO DEL PURGATORIO

258

. 286

304

TABLE IV. CLOCK MARKING SIMULTANEOUS HOURS.
FIGURA UNIVERSALE

CHAPTER I

THE TIMES OF DANTE