Dante and the Mystics: A Study of the Mystical Aspect of the Divina Commedia and Its Relations With Some of Its Medieval Sources (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Dante and the Mystics: A Study of the Mystical Aspect of the Divina Commedia and Its Relations With Some of Its Medieval Sources<br><br>The following studies include portions of courses of public lectures delivered during the last three academical sessions at University College London. They have been completely rewritten and are now presented in a somewhat different form. AS the title of the book indicates its main purpose is to lay stress upon the mystical aspect Of the Divine Commedia to trace the in?uence upon Dante Of the earlier mystics from St. Augustine onwards and to illustrate the mystical tendency of the sacred poem by its analogies with the writings of other.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.