Ronald B Herzman
Biographic Data
| ID | 690029 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ronald B Herzman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ronald B |
| FAMILY NAME | Herzman |
| SIGNATURE | HERZMAN R B |
| AFFILIATIONS | SUNY Geneseo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Virgil’s Mission: Dante and the Salvation of the Pagan World
This article revisits the question of Virgil’s salvation in Dante’s Commedia. It does so by following Virgil’s rather than Dante’s experiences as they descend into Hell and ascend Purgatory. A close reading of the text suggests that Dante is opening up to the reader the possibility of an extended mission for Virgil. Just as Virgil leaves Limbo to guide Dante’s conversion, so does his expected return to Limbo carry with it the potential for Christ…
Fire and Snow
C]lassics are the books that come down to us bearing the traces of readings previous to ours, and bringing in their wake the traces they themselves have left on culture or cultures they passed through (or, more simply, on language and customs).-Italo Calvino, "Why Read the Classics?"Faced with information overload, we have no alternative but pattern-recognition
Dante and the Frescoes at Santi Quattro Coronati
It would be hard to find a more effective visual source for understanding the political ideology that underscores Dante's relationship to Boniface VIII in the Divina Commedia than the frescoes that line the walls of the Oratorio di San Silvestro in the Basilica of the Santi Quattro Coronati in Rome. These frescoes, which depict episodes from the life of St. Sylvester and his relationship to the emperor Constantine, express as their clear subtext …
Dante . Nick Havely
Dante and the Franciscans: Poverty and the Papacy in the "Commedia" . Nick Havely
The Book of the Heart . Eric Jager
L'età dello Spirito e la fine dei tempi in Gioacchino da Fiore e nel Gioachimismo medievale . Antonio Crocco
The Medieval European Religious Lyric: An Ars Poetica . Patrick S. Diehl
The Apocalyptic Age of Hypocrisy: Faus Semblant and Amant in the Roman de la Rose
The Political Ideas of the Divine Comedy: An Introduction
Dante in America: The First Two Centuries . A. Bartlett Giamatti
Inferno XXXIII: The Past and the Present in Dante's Imagery of Betrayal
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Inferno XXXIII: The Past and the Present in Dante's Imagery of Betrayal
Dante in America: The First Two Centuries . A. Bartlett Giamatti
The Political Ideas of the Divine Comedy: An Introduction
The Apocalyptic Age of Hypocrisy: Faus Semblant and Amant in the Roman de la Rose
The Medieval European Religious Lyric: An Ars Poetica . Patrick S. Diehl
L'età dello Spirito e la fine dei tempi in Gioacchino da Fiore e nel Gioachimismo medievale . Antonio Crocco
The Book of the Heart . Eric Jager
Dante and the Franciscans: Poverty and the Papacy in the "Commedia" . Nick Havely
Dante . Nick Havely
Dante and the Frescoes at Santi Quattro Coronati
It would be hard to find a more effective visual source for understanding the political ideology that underscores Dante's relationship to Boniface VIII in the Divina Commedia than the frescoes that line the walls of the Oratorio di San Silvestro in the Basilica of the Santi Quattro Coronati in Rome. These frescoes, which depict episodes from the life of St. Sylvester and his relationship to the emperor Constantine, express as their clear subtext …
Fire and Snow
C]lassics are the books that come down to us bearing the traces of readings previous to ours, and bringing in their wake the traces they themselves have left on culture or cultures they passed through (or, more simply, on language and customs).-Italo Calvino, "Why Read the Classics?"Faced with information overload, we have no alternative but pattern-recognition
Virgil’s Mission: Dante and the Salvation of the Pagan World
This article revisits the question of Virgil’s salvation in Dante’s Commedia. It does so by following Virgil’s rather than Dante’s experiences as they descend into Hell and ascend Purgatory. A close reading of the text suggests that Dante is opening up to the reader the possibility of an extended mission for Virgil. Just as Virgil leaves Limbo to guide Dante’s conversion, so does his expected return to Limbo carry with it the potential for Christ…
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