Beatrice’s Personalised Theology
Love and Error in Dante’s «Commedia»
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2025
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New edition
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-80374-389-9 (ISBN)
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-80374-389-9 (ISBN)
Beatrice’s theological authority manifests itself in the «Commedia» despite her being female and uneducated. For the pilgrim, the encounter with Beatrice is the hinge around which the entire narrative turns. Through her presence as lover and beloved, and with her distinctive theological voice, we can understand the core of Dante’s theology.
This book offers a reading of one of world literature’s most famous female characters. Beatrice is female, uneducated, and lacks all other trappings of theological authority. Yet she carries profound theological authority in the Commedia, despite appearing alongside other characters who were real theologians. The book opens up the hermeneutical space between historical theologians and their poetic counterparts. Through Beatrice’s presence as lover and beloved, and with her distinctive theological voice, we can understand the core of Dante’s theology. For the pilgrim, the encounter with Beatrice is the hinge around which the entire narrative turns; twentieth-century philosophy can enrich that significant moment by offering a dialogic perspective. This book offers an encounter with the text which takes seriously the lifeworld of Dante and his sources, while remaining vital and responsive to contemporary life and thought.
This book offers a reading of one of world literature’s most famous female characters. Beatrice is female, uneducated, and lacks all other trappings of theological authority. Yet she carries profound theological authority in the Commedia, despite appearing alongside other characters who were real theologians. The book opens up the hermeneutical space between historical theologians and their poetic counterparts. Through Beatrice’s presence as lover and beloved, and with her distinctive theological voice, we can understand the core of Dante’s theology. For the pilgrim, the encounter with Beatrice is the hinge around which the entire narrative turns; twentieth-century philosophy can enrich that significant moment by offering a dialogic perspective. This book offers an encounter with the text which takes seriously the lifeworld of Dante and his sources, while remaining vital and responsive to contemporary life and thought.
Abigail Rowson was part of the Leeds-Warwick AHRC-funded project ‘Dante and Late Medieval Florence: Theology in Poetry, Practice and Society’. In 2019 she won the Modern Humanities Research Association Scholarship for her postdoctoral work. Her interest in the intersections between philosophy and poetry draw upon her training in analytic philosophy.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.06.2025 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Leeds Studies on Dante ; 6 |
| Mitarbeit |
Herausgeber (Serie): Matthew Treherne, Jacob Blakesley |
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 335 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Romanistik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-80374-389-1 / 1803743891 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-80374-389-9 / 9781803743899 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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