Preface: The Divine Comedy as Auto-hagiography -- Life-Writing in the Middle Ages -- Dante's First Life: The Vita nuova -- The Convivio: Dante as Redeemer -- A Canticle of Caritas -- Exile: The Long Way Home -- Epilogue: Dante Legend.
Summary:
"Dante's Golden Legend proposes that the Divine Comedy represents not only Dante's autobiography but also his attempt to portray himself as a martyr-saint whose poem will cleanse the Holy Roman Empire and the Papacy, of the corruption that prevents Rome from fulfilling its destiny as the City of God"-- Provided by publisher.
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