The wings of the doves love and desire in Dante and medieval culture /

Lombardi, Elena, 1969-

The wings of the doves love and desire in Dante and medieval culture / Elena Lombardi. - Montréal [Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2012. (Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2012). - 1 online resource (365 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Hell -- Lust -- Desire -- Love -- The kiss -- Reading -- Text of Canto V and translation.

The tragic love of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta - a classic story of passion and death - revisited through the lenses of literature, philosophy and theology.



9780773586949


Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Canto 5.


Desire in literature.
Lust in literature.
Love in literature.
Civilization, Medieval.


Electronic Books.

PQ4445 / .W564 2012