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Dante’s Paradiso: A Reader’s Guide book cover

1st Edition

Dante’s Paradiso A Reader’s Guide

Edited By Filippo Gianferrari, Ronald Herzman Copyright 2026
564 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

564 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Dante’s Paradiso  delivers an accessible reader’s guide to the third canticle of The Divine Comedy , while providing critical overviews of the whole poem . This unique collaborative volume, written by a team of international scholars: • engages the richness and cultural depth of the text • enriches our understanding of both the historical context and contemporary standings of its... Read more

List of Figures
List of Contributors
Editions, Translation, and Abbreviations
A Chronology of Dante's Life and Works

Introduction: A Restless Paradise
Filippo Gianferrari and Ronald Herzman

Part I: Foundations

1.     The Structure of Dante’s Paradiso: or How to Tell a Story Beyond Time and Space (Paradiso 1–4)Alejandro Cuadrado 

2.     From End to Beginning: Cosmogony and Cosmology
Theodore J. Cachey, Jr.

3.     Hierarchy and Diversity
Paola Nasti

4.     Beatrice in Paradiso
Elena Lombardi

Part II: Readings

5.     The Subject of Violence (Paradiso 3–5)
Brenda Deen Schildgen

6.     Heat and Light in the Sun (Paradiso 10–14)
Ronald Herzman

7.     The Body of Knowledge (Paradiso 14)
Filippo Gianferrari

8.     Politics and Prophecy: Past, Present, and Future (Paradiso 15–18)
Rev Dr Claire Honess

9.     Justice for All (Paradiso 18–20)
Akash Kumar

10.  Dante among the Stars (Paradiso 22–27)
Zygmunt G. Barański

11.  Language (Paradiso 26)
Heather Webb

12.  The Edge of the Universe (Paradiso 27–30)
Alison Cornish

13.  The Virgin Mary in Paradiso: Flower of Humanity
Brian K. Reynolds

14.  The End of Imagination (Paradiso 33)
William Franke

Part III: Global Perspectives 

15.  Early Receptions
Simon A. Gilson

16.  Paradiso in World Religions and Spiritualities
Eileen Gardiner

17.  Dante’s Paradiso: A Text that Can Foster Interreligious Dialogue?
Vittorio Montemaggi

18.  The Love that Moves: Dante’s Paradiso in Contemporary Culture
Arielle Saiber

Bibliography
Index

Biography

Filippo Gianferrari is Associate Professor of Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He received a PhD in Medieval Studies from the University of Notre Dame, and an MA and BA from the University of Bologna. Before joining UCSC, he taught at Vassar College and Smith College.

Ronald Herzman is Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at the State University of New York, Geneseo. In addition to Geneseo, where he continues to teach Dante, he has taught Dante at Georgetown University, St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New York University, Regis High School, and Attica Correctional Facility.

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