The body of Beatrice
Harrison's elegant poems follow in the steps of his work on interpreting the classic "Divine Comedy"by Dante. (Poetry)
Print Book, English, ©1988
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, ©1988
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xiii, 207 pages ; 23 cm
9780801836800, 9780801866678, 0801836808, 0801866677
17674924
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsEditions and TranslationsIntroduction: Critical DifferencesPart I. Beatrice AliveChapter One. Dante's DreamChapter Two. The Ideal LyricChapter Three. Figures of LoveChapter Four. The Ghost of Guido CalvalcantiPart Two. Beatrice DeadChapter Five. The Death of Beatrice and the Petrarchan AlternativeChapter Six. Beyond the LyricChapter Seven. The Narrative BreakthroughChapter Eight. Vision and Revision: The Provisional Essence of the Vita NuovaEpilogueNotesIndex of Passages CitedGeneral Index