ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1922 and partly from periodicals this book provides a methodological introduction to the reading of Dante’s The Divine Comedy, with the aim of removing the confusion surrounding much Dantean literature and helping the reader to focus attention on the essential qualities of Dante’s work.

chapter 1|40 pages

Introduction

chapter 3|29 pages

The Structure and Poetry of the Comedy

chapter 4|52 pages

The Inferno

chapter 5|47 pages

The Purgatorio

chapter 6|41 pages

The Paradiso

chapter 8|52 pages

Historical Survey of Dantean Criticism