The design in the wax
Subtitle: the structure of the Divine comedy and its meaning
By: Marc Cogan.
Series: The William and Katherine Devers series in Dante studies ;; v. 3
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Notre Dame
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
Subjects: Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.
Description: "The Design in the Wax recovers the specifically medieval interpretation of the structure which underlies each part of the poem and the poem as a whole, and shows readers how to discover the single consistent principle which organizes each part and the poem overall."--BOOK JACKET. "The Design in the Wax is a thought-provoking tool for all students of the Divine Comedy interested in studying Dante's calculated use of poetry to overcome the limits of human understanding."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-382) and indexes.