Notre Dame London: Fischer Hall Library

Dante's Christian ethics : Purgatory and its moral contexts /

Corbett, George,

Dante's Christian ethics : Purgatory and its moral contexts / George Corbett. - 233 p. - Cambridge studies in medieval literature .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dante's ethical agenda : vital nourishment -- Dante's political polemic : church and empire -- Dante's theological Purgatory : earthly happiness and eternal beatitude -- Two traditions of Christian ethics : Aquinas and Peraldus -- The terrace of pride, and the poet as preacher -- The terrace of sloth, and the sin of scholars -- The terrace of avarice, and love of children.

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Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Purgatorio.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 --Criticism and interpretation.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 --Ethics.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 --Religion.


Christian ethics in literature.
Deadly sins in literature.

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