Dante and the Limits of the Law
240 Seiten
Hardcover
Erscheinungsdatum 22.12.2013
ISBN 9780226071091
Offers the study of the legal structure crucial to Dante's Divine Comedy. This title makes the compelling case that Dante deliberately exploits this highly structured legal system to explore the phenomenon of exceptions to it, introducing Dante to crucial current debates about literature's relation to law, exceptionality, and sovereignty.