The Body of Beatrice
Harrison's elegant poems follow in the steps of his work on interpreting the classic "Divine Comedy"by Dante. (Poetry)
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PrefaceixAcknowledgmentsxiEditions and TranslationsxiiiIntroduction: Critical Differences1Part 1Beatrice Alive1Dante's Dream172The Ideal Lyric313Figures of Love474The Ghost of Guido Cavalcanti69Part 2Beatrice Dead5The Death of Beatrice and the Petrarchan Alternative936Beyond the Lyric1107The Narrative Breakthrough1298Vision and Revision: The Provisional Essence of the Vita Nuova144Epilogue159Notes171Index of Passages Cited201General Index202
\ SpeculumThe quality and intensity of Harrison's attention, and the subtlety with which his argument gradually unfolds, makes The Body of Beatrice as compelling and pleasurable to read as a fine work of fiction... The best book on the Vita Nuova I have ever read.\ \
