Dante and the knot of body and soul
By: Marianne Shapiro.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
Subjects: Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.; Mind and body in literature.
Description: Dante and the Knot of Body and Soul seeks to evaluate in just measure the material, bodily, erotic, and aesthetic aspects of the intellectual foundations of the Commedia and explore the idea of the embodied spirit and its poetic consequences in Dante's worldmaking poem.

While much current scholarship has set out to recover the specific literary dimensions of Dante's enterprise by prising them away from the overriding theological concerns, this work is intended to bring the two together in an integrated vision.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-220) and index.