Patrick Boyde, Human Vices and Human Worth in Dante's Comedy.(Book Review)

Publication: Medium Aevum

Publication Date: 22-SEP-02

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(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000), x + 323 pp.; 2 illustrations. ISBN 0-521-66067-X. 40.00 [pounds sterling].

Human Vices and Human Worth in Dante's Comedy completes a trilogy in which Patrick Boyde locates Dante's ceuvre within the context of medieval culture and thought. It does not, however, require familiarity with the previous volumes, Dante Philomythes and Philosopher. Man in the Cosmos (Cambridge, 1981) and Perception and Passion in Dante's `Comedy' (Cambridge, 1993). This is a book accessible not only to Dante scholars but to all educated...

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