Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0521360692 . KB54...ix, 255 pp. Bibliography, index. 22 plates, 4 figures. Octavo. Dark brown cloth with central medallion in gilt and red, title in gilt front cover and spine. Hint of shelf wear to covers, inside clean and unmarked. Lovely copy. ...Offers an original perspective on Dante's representation of the afterlife...and undertakes the first thorough examination of the poem in the context of popular beliefs. Her principal sources are not literary texts...but rather popular writings, painting and culture from the centuries leading up to its composition. ; Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature; Vol. 8; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages .

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Bookseller: Leaf and Stone Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 11884
Title: Dante and the Medieval Other World
Author: Morgan, Alison
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0521360692
ISBN 13: 9780521360692
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication: Cambridge
Date Published: 1990
Keywords: 0521360692, Dante, Purgatory, Paradise, Divine_comedy
Bookseller catalogs: History: Western Europe; Medieval Studies;

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