Botterill, Steven.

Dante and the Mystical Tradition : Bernard of Clairvaux in the Commedia / Steven Botterill. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press ; 1996. - x, 269 p. ; - Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature ; 22 .

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Cambridge).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-263) and index.

1. Re-reading Dante: an unscientific preface
2. The image of st. Bernard in medieval culture
3. Bernard of Clairvaux in the Commedia
4. Bernard in the Trecento commentaries on the Commedia
5. Dante, Bernard, and the Virgin Mary
6. From deificari to trasumanar? Dante`s Paradiso and
Bernard`s de diligendo deo
7. Eloquence - and its limits

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Dante Alighieri, Canto 31-33. Paradiso.
Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint 1090 or 1091-1153 --In literature.
Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153 --Influence.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia.


Mysticism in literature.
Civilization, Medieval, in literature.

PQ4410.B55 / B67 1994

K40 / B659