Hellish Imaginations from Augustine to Dante
Subtitle: An Essay in Metaphor and Materiality
Publisher: Medium Aevum Monographs / Ssmll
Published: Sep 28, 2020
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780907570516
Description: "Medieval literature and art abounds in descriptions of grotesque torments being meted out to the unhappy dead. But how can pain be experienced in the absence of the body?  ... This book brings to life many of the intellectual clashes, beginning with Augustine's foundational yet troubling doctrines, proceeding to the problems caused by Aristotle's insistence that death kills off all sense and sensation, and culminating in a fresh reading of Dante's Purgatorio, Canto XXV." -- Back cover.
Notes: Source title: Hellish Imaginations from Augustine to Dante: An Essay in Metaphor and Materiality (Medium Ævum Monographs, New)