ID - 139653569 TI - Vertical readings in Dante's Comedy. AU - Heather Webb AU - Corbett, George AU - Webb, Heather PY - 2015 SN - 9781783741748 9781783741755 1783741740 9781783741731 9781783741724 1783741759 9781783741762 1783741767 2821876130 9782821876132 PB - Open Book Publishers DB - UniCat KW - Dante Alighieri, KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - literature KW - literary criticism KW - Literary Criticism / European / Italian KW - Literary Criticism / Medieval KW - Literature KW - History and criticism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:139653569 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 collection - to be issued in three volumes - offers an unprecedented repertoire of vertical readings for the whole poem. As the first volume exemplifies, 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." - OAPEN. ER -