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Dante and the human body : eight essays

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"Published for the UCD Foundation for Italian Studies."--t.p.
"The essays in this collection are based on lectures forming part of the annual Dante Series in University College Dublin in 2003 and 2004."--p. 5.

Contents

Contents: The anatomy and physiology of the human body in the Commedia / Simon A. Gilson
Dante, medicine and the invisible body / Vivian Nutton
The scientific context of Dante's embryology / Joseph Ziegler
Sanatio and Salvatio : body and soul in the experience of Dante's afterlife / Simone De Angelis
Nostalgia in Heaven : embraces, affection and identity in the Commedia / Manuele Gragnolati
Divina anatomia : laying bare body and soul in the Commedia / Elizabeth Mozzillo-Howell
"La rosa in che il verbo divino carne si fece" : human bodies and truth in the Poetic Narrative of the Commedia / Vittorio Montemaggi
World and Body : a study in Dante's cosmological hermeneutics / Oliver Davies.

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