Dante's Commedia: Elements of Structure

by Charles Southward Singleton and Charles S. Singleton

Originally published in 1977. This book contains four essays by Professor Charles Singleton: "Allegory," "Symbolism," "The Pattern at the Center," and "The Substance of Things Seen." These four essays treat four dimensions of meaning essential to understanding the substance and special texture of the poetry of the Divine Comedy. One might speak of "facets" or "aspects" of meaning if such terms did not suggest surface reflections dependent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421431661
• ISBN13: 9781421431666
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"