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Maria Picchio Simonelli
The third volume in the series Lectura Dantis Americana is Maria Picchio Simonelli's study of Inferno III. Primarily philological in its focus, the book examines in detail a number of the cruces found in this canto, which initiates the voyage to the underworld in Dante's poem.
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PrefaceChapter I- The Ante-InfernoChapter II- The InscriptionChapter III- Spiritual Readiness to Enter HellChapter IV- The Sounds of SufferingChapter V- Scorned Mercy and JusticeChapter VI- The CowardChapter VII- Toward AcheronChapter VIII- CharonChapter IX- The Souls at the RiverChapter X- Divine Justice: Fear and DesireChapter XI- Prodigy and SleepChapter XII- The Form and Meaning of Canto IIINotesBibliographyIndex