Four Courts Press, hardcover
Publication Date: April 1, 2005
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The essays in this collection are based on lectures forming part of the annual Dante Series at University College Dublin in 1995 and 1996. The common theme of patterns is variously approached, from John Tooks account of opposing existential patterns to the more linguistically or textually based studies of David Robey and Cecil Grayson. Patterns of images (of the city, of closure, of light and shade) are discussed by Mark Davie, Cormac Cuilleanin and Jennifer Petrie, while Peter Armour evaluates various theories of Dantes allegorical patterning. More detailed explorations of intertextual patterns mark the studies of Giuseppe Mazzotta and Michelangelo Picone.
