LibGuides: Dante Alighieri: The Divine Comedy: Secondary Literature on the Divine Comedy

Secondary Literature on the Divine Comedy

(ON ORDER) The Cambridge Companion to Dante's Commedia by Edited by Zygmunt G. Barański and Simon Gilson
Publication Date: 2018

All the essays offer useful starting points for various topics. The end of this book contains a treasure trove "further reading" section organized thematically.
The Oxford Handbook of Dante by Manuele Gragnolati (Editor); Elena Lombardi (Editor); Francesca Southerden (Editor)
Publication Date: 2021

(also available as an eBook) This volume of the Oxford Handbooks series contains numerous essays on various topics for the study of Dante.
The Cambridge Companion to Dante by Rachel Jacoff (Editor)
Publication Date: 1993

(also available as an eBook) This volume of the Cambridge Companions series contains numerous essays on various topics for the study of Dante. The essays introducing each book of the Divine Comedy are particularly useful.
Dante Encyclopedia by Richard Lansing (Editor)
Call Number: REF PQ 4333 .D192 2000

Publication Date: 2000

A wide-ranging encyclopedia on topics related to Dante. Each article contains ideas for further research.
Dante: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Hainsworth; David Robey
Publication Date: 2015

A short introductory text designed to introduce students to Dante. Check here for ideas for research themes and suggestions for further reading.

The Sin of Sloth: Acedia in Medieval Thought and Literature by Siegfried Wenzel
Publication Date: 2012

This book contains a significant discussion of sloth, or the sin of inaction, throughout the Comedy.
Dante's Christian Ethics: Purgatory and Its Moral Contexts by George Corbett
Publication Date: 2020

The author investigates the ethical implications of Dante's Purgatorio. The study focuses on the sins of pride, sloth, and avarice, revealing what Dante would want his readers to know concerning these sins' effects.
Dante's Fearful Art of Justice by Anthony Cassell
Publication Date: 1984

This is a classic and influential study of how Dante envisions divine punishment and justice in the Comedy.
Dante and the Mystical Tradition: Bernard of Clairvaux in the Commedia by Steven Botterill
Publication Date: 2005

This monograph is a scholarly investigation into Dante's relationship with the Christian mystical tradition, as explored through Dante's portrayal of Bernard in the Paradiso.
Dante the Theologian by Denys Turner
Publication Date: 2022

Denys Turner considers Dante's Divine Comedy primarily as a work of theology.