Table of Contents

General Editors' Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Dante and Modern Criticism

1. KENELM FOSTER, An Intoduction to the 'Inferno'
2. RICARDO J. QUINONES, 'Inferno': Fame and Children
3. RACHEL JACOFF, Transgression and Transcendence: Figures of Female Desire in Dante's 'Commedia'
4. PIERO BOITANI, Shipwreck: Interpretation and Alterity
5. TEODOLINDA BAROLINI, Bertan de Born and Sordello: The Poetry of Politics in Dante's 'Comedy'
6. JEREMY TAMBLING, "Nostro Paccato Fu Ermafrodito": Dante and the Moderns
7. JOHN FRECCERO, An Introduction to the 'Paradiso'
8. GIUSEPPE MAZZOTTA, Theology and Exile
9. PETER DRONKE, The Conclusion of Dante's 'Commedia'
10. ZYGMUNT G. BARANSKI, "Significar per verba": Notes on Dante and Plurilingualism

Glossary of Terms
Chronology
Suggestions for Further Reading

About the Author

Professor Jeremy Tambling