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Names: Corbett, George, author.
Title: Dante’s Christian ethics : Purgatory and its moral contexts / George Corbett.
Description: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020. | Series: Cambridge studies in medieval literature | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019038190 (print) | LCCN 2019038191 (ebook) | ISBN 9781108489416 (hardback) | ISBN 9781108702447 (paperback) | ISBN 9781108776875 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Purgatorio. | Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321–Criticism and interpretation. | Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321–Ethics. | Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321–Religion. | Christian ethics in literature. | Deadly sins in literature.
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