Book contents
- Dante and the Practice of Humility
- Dante and the Practice of Humility
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Editions Used, Translations Given, and Commentaries Consulted
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Superbia as Sin in Inferno
- Chapter 2 Humility as Difficult Devotion (Purg. 1–9)
- Chapter 3 Art as Humble Practice (Purg. 10–12)
- Chapter 4 Humility as Love’s Condition (Purg. 13–33)
- Chapter 5 Humility as Capacity in Paradiso
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index of Scriptural References
- Index
Conclusion
Humility in Motion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 June 2023
- Dante and the Practice of Humility
- Dante and the Practice of Humility
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Editions Used, Translations Given, and Commentaries Consulted
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Superbia as Sin in Inferno
- Chapter 2 Humility as Difficult Devotion (Purg. 1–9)
- Chapter 3 Art as Humble Practice (Purg. 10–12)
- Chapter 4 Humility as Love’s Condition (Purg. 13–33)
- Chapter 5 Humility as Capacity in Paradiso
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index of Scriptural References
- Index
Summary
The conclusion reviews the constructive proposals of the poem with respect to humility as an action performed, while placing them within the broader view of the poem’s plurality of Christian traditions and its openness to disagreement and revision. Returning to provocations from Harold Bloom and Erich Auerbach, I argue that Dante’s poem is a creative achievement that, in the end, may be seen actually to be fueled by the miscellany of Christian stories, conflicts, and encounters.
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- Dante and the Practice of HumilityA Theological Commentary on the Divine Comedy, pp. 310 - 320Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023