Description: Dante, Eros, and Kabbalah by Mark Jay Mirsky This text traces the influence on Dante of Provencal poets, medieval theology, Dantes personal life and the sources of his classical education to propose a radical reading of Dante. It compounds the riddles of dream, poetry,philosophy and Dantes concealed autobiography in his work. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Did Dante Alighieri, author of ""The Divine Comedy"" as a young man in Florence sleep with Beatrice Portinari before and after her marriage? Did the poet travel after her death through Hell to find her again? The clues to this academic detective story, writes Mark Jay Mirsky, lie not only in Dantes earlier poetry, ""The New Life"", or in ""The Divine Comedy"", but in the ""Zohar of Moses de Leon"", a Jewish text written some years before and based on Neoplatonic ideas similar to those that inspired Dante. ""Purgatorio"" and ""Paradiso"", the second and third volumes of the ""Commedia"", are inaccessible to most reader unfamiliar with the boldness of Dantes use of the philosophical debate in the Middle Ages. Does Dantes ""Commedia"" hint at his hope of intimacy with Beatrice in the Highest Heaven? Mirsky distinctively traces the influence on Dante of Provencal poets, mediaeval theologians, Dantes personal life, and the sources of his classical education to propose a radical reading of Dante. The text compounds the riddles of dream, poetry, philosophy and Dantes concealed autobiography in his work. It treats the ""Commedia"" in the spirit of its title, as a hopeful and comic version of the other world. Author Biography Mark Jay Mirsky, professor of English at the City College of New York, has published five novels and collections of short fiction. He is editor of Fiction, an international magazines of prose. Promotional An academic detective story that finds Dantes clues in medieval philosophy and the secret text of Jewish mysticism. Promotional "Headline" An academic detective story that finds Dantes clues in medieval philosophy and the secret text of Jewish mysticism. Details ISBN0815630271 Author Mark Jay Mirsky Short Title DANTE EROS & KABBALAH Pages 234 Publisher Syracuse University Press Language English ISBN-10 0815630271 ISBN-13 9780815630272 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 851.1 Illustrations Yes Year 2003 Publication Date 2003-10-31 Imprint Syracuse University Press Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Affiliation Professor of English, City College, New York, USA Residence US DOI 10.1604/9780815630272 AU Release Date 2003-10-01 NZ Release Date 2003-10-01 UK Release Date 2003-10-01 Audience Undergraduate US Release Date 2003-10-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:9346678;
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ISBN-13: 9780815630272
Book Title: Dante, Eros, and Kabbalah
Number of Pages: 234 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Dante, Eros, and Kabbalah
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Publication Year: 2003
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Item Weight: 355 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Mark Jay Mirsky
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