The Figure of Beatrice: A Study in Dante Library binding - 1983

Octagon Books. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1983. hardback. 0882548492 . 10.0 X 7.0 X 1.0 inches .

Octagon Books, 1983-05-01. First Edition. Textbook Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover, ISBN 0882548492, 1983 Octagon reprint. 236 pages, with index. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown (ie, inside front cover). Otherwise clean and bright with no writing, underlining, highlighting, etc. Binding is solid and square. Full bound dark blue boards, with gilt lettering and design to spine and front panel. The classic exegesis of Dante's works, with particular focus on the role and meanings of Beatrice in Dante's life and writings. Williams saw Dante's Beatrice as an example of the "affirmation of images" in Christina theology, in which mundane objects and people reflect, or embody, or lead us to something greater - ultimately to the Divine. Williams was a playwright, novelist, poet, theologian and critic. He was also a member, with CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien, of the Oxford literary group The Inklings. It is generally acknowledged that Dorothy Sayers' translation… Leer más

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