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Ascent to Love: A Guide to Dante's Divine Comedy
As the unsurpassed Christian epic poem, Dante's Divine Comedy provides not only far more personality and emotional depth than the pagan epics, it opens up all the issues on which Western history turns-truth, beauty, goodness, sin, sanctification, and triumph. In this guide, Peter J. Leithart brings his rich biblical-typological insight to bear in opening up the Comedy for ...more
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
December 21st 2001
by Canon Press
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I have yet to read Dante's "Divine Comedy". I know it is something I need to read, but I have never managed to read it. As an attempt to move myself towards that goal, I picked up Peter Leithart's guide on Dante's Divine Comedy. I recommend it very highly for anyone who wants to understand better the method of writing and the structure of Dante's works.
The first two chapters set the stage for understanding medieval literature and courtly love and then the politics and ...more
The first two chapters set the stage for understanding medieval literature and courtly love and then the politics and ...more
Unless you are a literature professor or certified theologian, do not attempt to read Dante's Divine Comedy without this book!(My understanding is that Leithart happens to be both!) My teenage daughter and I attempted to work our way through the trilogy without Leithart's excellent guide. Finally, I just set it aside until Leithart's book was published. What a difference some guidance makes. Many view the Divine Comedy as merely a theological examination of the "places" of hell, purgat...more
This is Leithart's book about The Divine Comedy of Dante. It has a lot of really helpful ideas on the structure of the work and gives a lot of good big picture details of the books. It doesn't have a wealth of information on all the individual characters who show up in the books, but it does put the work into a recognizable pattern and theme, which helps tremendously.
A first-rate companion and guide to Dante's masterwork.
It's Leithart. It's excellent. Same diff.
A helpful, accessible guide to the Divine Comedy that gives the big picture and doesn't get bogged down in too many details. Excellent starting point for those interested in getting deeper into the Commedia.
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Read the part on Purgatory while sick last week. Would like to read Purgatorio soon.
Re-read having read the Esolen translations
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Dr. Leithart teaches Theology and Literature at New Saint Andrews College and serves as pastor of Trinity Reformed Church. He is a contributing editor to Touchstone magazine and has published articles in a variety of mediums, from daily newspapers to theological journals.
Dr. Leithart was educated at Hillsdale College, Westminster Theological Seminary and the University of Cambridge in...more
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