Beyond the Sphere: A Dialogic Commentary on the Ultimate Sonetto of Dante's Vita Nuova

by Nicola Masciandaro

Revolutions: The turning movement through the images of this sonetto involves several eddying, (micro)cosmic motions. We begin already beyond the widest sphere, then penetrate it from this side via love's weeping in a motion that is virtually re-initiated from the heart in a kind of syntactic time-warp. Then comes the thought-sigh's arrival before the lady and its getting lost in the epicycles of honor and splendor and gazing. Then his subtle retelling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1452803765
• ISBN13: 9781452803760
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.2" x 5.0"