The individual insights employed in this reading of the Purgatorio are those of a twentieth century mind as are the author s references T S Eliot Henry James I A Richards Jacques Maritain and many others Purposely avoiding the pitfalls of Dantean scholarship Mr Fergusson reveals the drama of the order of Dante s vision the developed form of the poetry and the meaning of the canticle for modern man The Purgatorio he says has light to shed upon history and its making upon psychology ethics and education upon politics and the transmission of our tradition There are many reasons for learning to read it it is a central clue This brilliantly written book by the author of The Idea of a Theater is itself a central clue to the meaning of the Purgatorio Originally published in 1953 The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print on demand technology to again make available previously out of print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905

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