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Interpreting Dante’s “Commedia” : competing approaches
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dc.contributor.author | Corbett, George | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-14T14:30:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-12-14T14:30:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-12-12 | |
dc.identifier | 277029267 | |
dc.identifier | 0dc88f65-e759-4660-b8b5-15bdb9ae9733 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Corbett , G 2021 , ' Interpreting Dante’s “Commedia” : competing approaches ' , Bibliotheca Dantesca , vol. 4 , 1 . < https://repository.upenn.edu/bibdant/vol4/iss1/1/ > | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2643-4946 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-7043-3253/work/105007157 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/24510 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article first addresses the emphasis on the truth of the literal sense of Dante’s Commedia in twentieth-century scholarship, whether the poem is con-ceived as a mystical vision (Bruno Nardi, 1884-1968), figural fulfillment (Erich Auerbach, 1892-1957), or allegory of the theologians (Charles S. Singleton, 1909-1985; and Robert Hollander, 1933-2021). Secondly, it analyses the interpretative approach of the French Dominican scholars Pierre Mandonnet (1858-1936) and Joachim Berthier (1848-1924), who draw on symbolic theology (and the four senses of Scripture) but, unlike Singleton and Hollander, insist that the literal sense of the poem is a “beautiful lie.” Thirdly, it shows how literalist approaches underpin key twentieth-century discussions of Dante’s theology, contribute to broader secularizing trends in Dante Studies, and represent a rupture with the seven-hundred-year-long commentary tradition on the poem as a whole. | |
dc.format.extent | 32 | |
dc.format.extent | 434881 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Bibliotheca Dantesca | en |
dc.subject | Dante | en |
dc.subject | Commedia | en |
dc.subject | Theology | en |
dc.subject | Hermeneutics | en |
dc.subject | Interrpretation | en |
dc.subject | Allegory | en |
dc.subject | Bruno Nardi | en |
dc.subject | Erich Auerbach | en |
dc.subject | Charles S. Singleton | en |
dc.subject | Robert Hollander | en |
dc.subject | Pierre Mandonnet | en |
dc.subject | Joachim Berthier | en |
dc.subject | BT Doctrinal Theology | en |
dc.subject | D111 Medieval History | en |
dc.subject | T-NDAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | BT | en |
dc.subject.lcc | D111 | en |
dc.title | Interpreting Dante’s “Commedia” : competing approaches | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Divinity | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. St Andrews Institute of Medieval Studies | en |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.url | https://repository.upenn.edu/bibdant/vol4/iss1/1/ | en |
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