Hellish Imaginations from Augustine to Dante
An Essay in Metaphor and Materiality
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Word Count
72,500 words, Guess
Page Count
290 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- ISBN-100907570518
- ISBN-139780907570516
- OCLC Control Number1204607631
- Better World Books9780907570516
- Open LibraryOL32938317M
Description
"Medieval literature and art abounds in descriptions of grotesque torments being meted out to the unhappy dead. But how can pain be experienced in the absence of the body? ... This book brings to life many of the intellectual clashes, beginning with Augustine's foundational yet troubling doctrines, proceeding to the problems caused by Aristotle's insistence that death kills off all sense and sensation, and culminating in a fresh reading of Dante's Purgatorio, Canto XXV." -- Back cover.
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