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Dante and the Limits of the Law
Justin Steinberg
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Paperback. Num Pages: 239 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
In Dante and the Limits of the Law, Justin Steinberg offers the first comprehensive study of the legal structure essential to Dante’s Divine Comedy. Steinberg reveals how Dante imagines an afterlife dominated by sophisticated laws, hierarchical jurisdictions, and rationalized punishments and rewards. He makes the compelling case that Dante deliberately exploits this highly structured legal system to explore the phenomenon of exceptions to it, crucially introducing Dante to current debates about literature’s relation to law, exceptionality, and sovereignty.
Examining how Dante probes the limits of the law in this juridical otherworld, Steinberg argues that exceptions were vital to ... Read more
In Dante and the Limits of the Law, Justin Steinberg offers the first comprehensive study of the legal structure essential to Dante’s Divine Comedy. Steinberg reveals how Dante imagines an afterlife dominated by sophisticated laws, hierarchical jurisdictions, and rationalized punishments and rewards. He makes the compelling case that Dante deliberately exploits this highly structured legal system to explore the phenomenon of exceptions to it, crucially introducing Dante to current debates about literature’s relation to law, exceptionality, and sovereignty.
Examining how Dante probes the limits of the law in this juridical otherworld, Steinberg argues that exceptions were vital to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
239
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226362069
SKU
V9780226362069
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