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Recollecting Dante's Divine Comedy in the Novels of Mark Helprin

by Barry Craig, Sara MacDonald

Dante alighieri, 1265-1321American literature, history and criticism, 21st centuryCriticism and interpretationInfluence

This book studies several of Mark Helprin's novels in terms of their relation to Dante's Divine Comedy. The authors demonstrate that A Soldier of the Great War, In Sunlight and in Shadow, and Winter's Tale substantially correspond to, respectively, Dante's Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.--Provided by publisher.

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Book data: Open Library