TY - BOOK ID - 104765361 TI - Vertical readings in Dante's Comedy. AU - Corbett, George AU - Webb, Heather AU - Open Book Publishers PY - 2017 SN - 9781783743605 9781783743612 1783743603 1783743611 9781783743629 178374362X 9781783744534 1783744537 1783743581 9781783743582 9781783743599 9781783743582 178374359X 9791036509704 PB - Cambridge Open Book Publishers DB - UniCat KW - Dante Alighieri, KW - Criticism, Textual. KW - Italian literature KW - Commedia KW - vertical readings KW - Dante Alighieri KW - Inferno KW - comparative KW - Purgatorio KW - Paradiso KW - Italian poetry UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:104765361 AB - Vertical Readings in Dante’s ‘Comedy’ is a reappraisal of the poem by an international team of thirty-four scholars. Each vertical reading analyses three same-numbered cantos from the three canticles: Inferno i, Purgatorio i and Paradiso i; Inferno ii, Purgatorio ii and Paradiso ii; etc. Although scholars have suggested before that there are correspondences between same-numbered cantos that beg to be explored, this is the first time that the approach has been pursued in a systematic fashion across the poem. This three-volume collection offers an unprecedented repertoire of vertical readings for the whole poem. Vertical reading not only articulates unexamined connections between the three canticles but also unlocks engaging new ways to enter into core concerns of the poem. The three volumes thereby provide an indispensable resource for scholars, students and enthusiasts of Dante. ER -