Time and the Crystal: Studies in Dante's Rime Petrose

"A brilliant achievement. The range of learning is enormous, both in medieval scientific, philosophical lore and poetry and in the vast secondary literature on Dante. The authors bring the best traditions of Anglo-American formal analysis to bear upon thepetrose, and produce powerful and original interpretations. . . . This will be a book that all serious readers of Dante's poetry--both of thepetroseand theComedy--will want to read."--David Quint, author ofOrigin and Originality in Renaissance LiteratureDurling, Robert is the author of 'Time and the Crystal: Studies in Dante's Rime Petrose' with ISBN 9780520064881 and ISBN 0520064887.