1st Edition
Dante, Columbus and the Prophetic Tradition Spiritual Imperialism in the Italian Imagination
By Mary Watt
Copyright 2017
194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
194 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Exploring the diverse factors that persuaded Christopher Columbus that he could reach the fabled "East" by sailing west, Dante, Columbus and the Prophetic Tradition considers, first, the impact of Dante’s Divine Comedy and the apocalyptic prophetic tradition that it reflects, on Columbus’s perception both of the cosmos and the eschatological meaning of his journey to what he called an ‘other... Read more
Introduction
Acknowledgements
1 Columbus’s Journey to the End of the World
2 The New Jerusalem and the End of Time
3 Earthly Paradise and the Westward Trajectory
4 “Beyond the Curve of the Sea”: Columbus and Dante
5 Ulysses, Columbus and Human Folly
6 Columbus, Aeneas and Paul
7 An Italian Apostle to the New World
8 Trouble in Paradise: Ariosto, Fracastoro and Gambara
9 Tasso, Stella and the Apotheosis of Columbus
10 Chiabrera, Stigliani and a World Turned Inside Out
Epilogue
Index
Biography
Mary Alexandra Watt is an Associate Professor of Italian Studies and Associate Dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida, USA.
