CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction. Dante in His Age 1
4. Canto I. The Hard Begin 9
5. Canto II. Dante's Authority 25
6. CANTO III. The Gate of Hell 36
7. CANTO IV. A Melancholy Elysium 50
8. CANTO V. The Fierce Dove 63
9. CANTO VI. Florence, Ciacco, and the Gluttons 84
10. CANTO VII. The Weal of Fortune 101
11. CANTO VIII. Fifth Circle: Wrathful and Sullen 111
12. CANTO IX. The Harrowing of Dante from Upper Hell 123
13. CANTO X. Farinata and Cavalcante 136
14. CANTO XI. Malice and Mad Bestiality 150
15. CANTO XII. The Violent against Their Neighbors 165
16. CANTO XIII. The Violent against Themselves 178
17. CANTO XIV. Capaneus and the Old Man of Crete 185
18. CANTO XV. The Canto of Brunetto Latini 197
19. CANTO XVI. From Other Sodomites to Fraud 213
20. CANTO XVII. Geryon's Downward Flight; the Usurers 225
21. CANTO XVIII. Introduction to Malebolge 238
22. CANTO XIX. Simoniacs 262
23. CANTO XX. True and False See-ers 275
24. CANTO XXI. Controversial Comedy 287
25. CANTO XXII. Poets as Scoundrels 297
26. CANTO XXIII. The Painted People 306
27. CANTO XXIV. Thieves and Metamorphoses 316
28. CANTO XXV. The Perverse Image 328
29. CANTO XXVI. Ulysses: Persuasion versus Prophecy 348
30. CANTO XXVII. False Counselors: Guido da Montefeltro 357
31. CANTO XXVIII. Scandal and Schism 368
32. CANTO XXIX. Such Outlandish Wounds 378
33. CANTO XXX. Dante among the Falsifiers 392
34. CANTO XXXI. The Giants: Majesty and Terror 406
35. CANTO XXXII. Amphion and the Poetics of Retaliation 413
36. CANTO XXXIII. Count Ugolini and Others 424
37. CANTO XXXIV. Lucifer 432
38. Bibliographical Note and Suggestions for Further Reading 441
39. Contributors 449
40. Index 453