Octagon Books, 1983-05-01. First Edition. Textbook Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover, ISBN 0882548492, 1983 Octagon reprint. 236 pages, with index. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown (ie, inside front cover). Otherwise clean and bright with no writing, underlining, highlighting, etc. Binding is solid and square. Full bound dark blue boards, with gilt lettering and design to spine and front panel. The classic exegesis of Dante's works, with particular focus on the role and meanings of Beatrice in Dante's life and writings. Williams saw Dante's Beatrice as an example of the "affirmation of images" in Christina theology, in which mundane objects and people reflect, or embody, or lead us to something greater - ultimately to the Divine. Williams was a playwright, novelist, poet, theologian and critic. He was also a member, with CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien, of the Oxford literary group The Inklings. It is generally acknowledged that Dorothy Sayers' translation of Dante was inspired by reading Williams' Figure of Beatrice.

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Bookseller: Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 001559
Title: Figure of Beatrice: A Study in Dante
Author: Williams, Charles W
Format/Binding: Textbook Binding
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Unknown
ISBN 10: 0882548492
ISBN 13: 9780882548494
Publisher: Octagon Books
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1983-05-01
Keywords: Classics Literature Renaissance Italian Poetry Religion Theology Literary Criticism Divine
X weight: 40 oz

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