Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. EDITIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. Chapter 1. DETHEOLOGIZING DANTE: REALISM, RECEPTION, AND THE RESOURCES OF NARRATIVE 1
6. Chapter 2. INFERNAL INCIPITS: THE POETICS OF THE NEW 21
7. Chapter 3. ULYSSES, GERYON, AND THE AERONAUTICS OF NARRATIVE TRANSITION 48
8. Chapter 4. NARRATIVE AND STYLE IN LOWER HELL 74
9. Chapter 5. PURGATORY AS PARADIGM: TRAVELING THE NEW AND NEVER-BEFORE-TRAVELED PATH OF THIS LIFE/POEM 99
10. Chapter 6. RE-PRESENTING WHAT GOD PRESENTED: THE ARACHNEAN ART OF THE TERRACE OF PRIDE 122
11. Chapter 7. NONFALSE ERRORS AND THE TRUE DREAMS OF THE EVANGELIST 143
12. Chapter 8. PROBLEMS IN PARADISE: THE MIMESIS OF TIME AND THE PARADOX OF PIUÁ E MENO 166
13. Chapter 9. THE HEAVEN OF THE SUN AS A MEDITATION ON NARRATIVE 194
14. Chapter 10. THE SACRED POEM IS FORCED TO JUMP: CLOSURE AND THE POETICS OF ENJAMBMENT 218
15. APPENDIX. TRANSITION: HOW CANTOS BEGIN AND END 257
16. NOTES 267
17. INDEX 349