Contributions

  • Scartoni, Paolo, translator - Contributor

Publication

2021 - Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, Roma, Italy

Language

Italian

Word Count

56,250 words, Guess

Page Count

225 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC851
  • LCCPQ4419.P73 V4816 2021

Alternate Titles

  • Tipologie della preghiera nella Commedia di Dante

Description

"In 'L'ascesa a Dio : tipologie della preghiera nella Commedia di Dante' Alessandro Vettori provides a comprehensive analysis of prayer in Dante's Commedia. The underlying thesis considers prayer a metaphorical pilgrimage toward a sacred location and connects it with the pilgrim's ascent to the vision of the Trinity. Prayer is movement in Purgatorio and also in Paradiso, while eternal stasis is the penalty of blasphemous souls in Inferno. In the fictional rendition of the poem, the pilgrim's itinerary becomes a specular reflection of Dante's own exilic experience. Prayer's human-divine interaction affords the poet the necessary escape from the overwhelming sense of failure in politics and love. Whether it is petitional, liturgical, thankful, praiseful, or contemplative, prayer expresses the supplicant's wish to transform reality and attain a superior spiritual status"--

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Temi e testi -- 215

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