Purgatorio (139 page)
Authors: Dante
Lazarus
XXXII.73–84
literal sense of poem as historical
XXIX.105
Lot’s wife
IX.131–132
;
X.1–6
love:
as central concern of this
cantica
XVIII.49–75
color of, red or white?
XIX.10–15
three wrong forms purged on the mountain
XVII.93–96
Lucy, St.
IX.55
malizia
(malice)
XVI.53–63
Manfred:
as David, Roland, Marcellus, Deiphobus
III.107–108
bearing marks of Christ and of Cain
III.111
Manto
XXII.109–114
Marco Polo
I.22–24
;
VIII.85–93
marriages, unhappy
XXIV.13–15
marrying in heaven?
XIX.136–138
Mars (planet)
II.13–18
martyrdom
XV.106–114
martyrs, scars of
III.107–108
Mary Magdalen
XXI.130–136
Matelda:
interaction with others in Eden?
XXXIII.128–135
nature of her affection for Dante
XXVIII.43–48
;
XXIX.1–3
Mercury (the god)
XIV.37–42
;
XIV.139
messo
(angel)
XV.28–33
mezzo
, as middle zone of air
I.14–18
Michael (archangel)
V.104–108
;
XIV.37–42
Michelangelo
X.31–33
midpoint of the poem
XVI.1–7
;
XVII.118–119
Miserere
(first word of Psalm 50)
XXIII.42–48
moderno
XVI.41–42
moles, partial sight in
XVII.1–9
Musaeus
VII.40
Muses
I.7–12
myrtle, as poetic crown
XXI.90
naming formulae
III.112
Nero (emperor)
XXII.82–87
Nicodemus, Gospel of
XXXII.51
northern hemisphere as “widowed”
I.26
Oedipus
XXI.82–93
;
XXII.55–63
;
XXXIII.46–51
olive branch (in
Aeneid
)
II.70–74
ombra
, as exegetical term
XXI.10–14
omo
, as read in human faces
XXIII.32–33
organs (musical instruments) in Dante’s time
IX.139–145
Orosius
XX.116–117
;
XXII.82–87
Orpheus
IX.131–132
;
X.1–6
P’s on Dante’s forehead unique?
IX.112
;
XXI.22–24
;
XXII.1–6
pagans saved in the
Commedia
X.73–93
Palinurus
III.130
;
V.91–93
;
VI.28–33
parables of Jesus
XVIII.28–33
parere
(as “seem” or “appear”)
XV.85–114
pastorella
(genre of poetry)
XXVIII.43–48
Paul, St.
XXVII.25–27
;
XXXII.72
;
XXXIII.142–145
“pedagogue,” role in ancient Greece
XII.1–3
penitence, self-judged
XXI.61–66
penitents, various movements of
XVIII.89–90
Peraldus
XII.13–15
Peter, St.
IX.117–126
;
XXII.64–66
Petrarch
XIX.106–114
Phaeton
IV.67–75
phantasy (see
imaginativa
)
Philip IV of France
XX.85–90
;
XX.94–96
;
XXXII.148–160
;
XXXIII.16–18
Philomel and Procne
IX.13–15
;
XVII.19–20
piacere
as “beauty”
XXXI.47–54
Pier delle Vigne
VI.19–24
Plato:
Phaedrus
XXXII.9
plurality of souls in
IV.1–15
playfulness, poetic
XV.1–6
;
XXXII.64–69
plenitudo temporis
(fullness of time)
XVI.106–108
Poliziano
XXII.67–73
Polynices
XXII.55–63
Pompey
XV.107
;
XX.116–117
Pontius Pilate
XX.85–90
possible intellect, the
XXV.62–66
Praxiteles
X.31–33
prayer
IV.133–135
;
V.89–90
;
XVIII.103
Pride, as root sin
XII.121–123
Prodigality, mainly absent from terrace of Avarice
XXII.52–54
Profacius
I.19–21
propagginazione
XXVII.13–15
prophecy of DXV
XXXIII.43–45
Proust, Marcel
XIV.4–6
Ptolemy
VIII.85–93
purgatory:
history of
I.4–6
narrow entrance to
X.7–16
pains of
X.106–111
Pylades
XIII.31–33
quadrant
IV.41–42
republic (Roman)
IX.133–138
;
XX.25–30
;
XXII.145–147
rivers of Eden
XXVIII.127–132
;
XXXIII.112
Roman treasury
IX.133–138
Samaritan woman
XXI.130–136
sapphire
I.13
Satan
VIII.40–42
;
VIII.97–102
;
XIII.61–66
;
XV.40–45
satisfaction, owed to God
XI.70–72
Saturn (the god)
XXII.70–72
Saturn (the planet)
XIX.1–3
Scaligeri family
XVIII.121–126
Scipio Africanus
XV.107
secret-Christian topos
XXII.90
self-naming
XIX.19
selva oscura
(dark wood)
XIV.58–66
Seneca
XVII.55–60
senso comune
and related terms for perception
XVII.13–18
;
XXIX.47–51
;
XXXII.13–15
shadow, Dante’s
III.16–18
;
V.4–6
shadows, south of the equator
IV.55–57
Shakespeare, William
X.138
sheep, double valence of
III.79–87
ship, metaphor of
I.1–3
Sibyl, the
XIV.37–42
similes:
comparing a thing to itself
XXVII.1–5
“defective” elements in
XXVII.76–87
describing mental experience
VII.9–13
mixture of styles in
XXIV.64–74
relative absence of in terrace of Pride
X.130–135
relative infrequency of classical materials
XVIII.91–96
sin as a wound
IX.114
;
XXV.138–139
Sinai, Mount
II.60
Sirens
XXXI.45
smiles
II.83
Sordello:
as foil to Farinata
VII.9–13
as Musaeus
VI.61–63
interested in Virgil alone
VII.1–3
soul, faculties of
IV.1–15
Southern Cross
I.22–24
stars, four (cardinal virtues)
I.22–24
;
VIII.85–93
Statius in earthly paradise
XXVII.19
;
XXXII.28–30
stupore
(as distinct from
ammirazione
)
XXIX.55–57
style, humble
IV.19–25
sun, as symbol of Christ
VIII.10–12
tenzone
between Dante and Forese
XXIII.85–93
;
XXIII.115–119
time references
II.1–9
;
IV.136–139
;
XII.81
;
XV.7–12
Titus
XXI.82–84
Trajan, St. Thomas on
X.73–93
trees of garden of Eden
XXII.130–135
;
XXII.140–141
;
XXIII.61–71
;
XXIII.72–75
;
XXIV.103–105
;
XXIV.115–117
;
XXXII.38–42
Troy, exemplary of Pride
XII.61–63
ubi sunt
(topos)
XIV.97–123
Ugolino
VI.16–18
;
VI.83
;
XIV.125
;
XXXII.70–71
Ulysses
I.58–60
;
I.130–132
;
II.1–9
;
II.31–36
;
II.113–114
;
IV.52–54
;
IV.127
;
XIV.37–42
;
XIX.22–24
Uzzah’s presumption
X.56–57
Valerius Maximus
XV.94–105
Varro
XV.97–99
velo
(veil)
XXX.66
Venus (planet)
I.19–21
;
XXVII.94–99
verghetta
(magic wand)
XIV.37–42
Vespasian
XXI.82–84
Virgil:
allegorical reading of his
Aeneid
XVIII.136–138
as allegory of reason?
III.27
;
XVIII.46–48
as “divine poet”
XXI.94–96
as Eurydice
XXX.49–51
as failure
XXI.16–18
as loser
VI.1–12
as
mamma
XXX.43–48
citing Scripture
III.22–24
fourth
Eclogue
as read by Statius
XXII.67–73
;
XXII.70–72
lack of knowledge of purgatory
X.19
lacking dignity
III.10–11
misread by Statius
XXII.40–41
murmuring
X.100–102
place of burial
III.27
“reading” D.’s mind?
XV.133–135
;
XIX.52–60
role reversal with D.
III.61–63
;
XVI.8–9
St. Paul’s visit to tomb of
III.27
;
X.100–102
tragedy of
III.40–45
unique self-naming
VII.7
wrath, as sin of will
V.77–78
virtues:
cardinal
XXIX.130–132
;
XXXI.103–108
theological
XXIX.121–129
;
XXX.31–33
“visible speech”
X.94–96
vision, vocabulary of
XV.85–114
;
XV.85–86
voi
(honorific “You”)
XIX.131
walking erect, as human trait
XII.7–9
walls of the terraces perpendicular or obtuse?
X.23
will:
absolute and conditional
XXI.61–66
correction and perfection of
XXVII.139–141
William of Nogaret
XX.85–90
Wisdom
XXXI.128–129
;
XXXI.133–138
women of
Purgatorio
and
Paradiso
XXIII.85–93
words, repeated
XV.67–75
;
XVI.53–63
;
XXI.61–66
worms, imperfect creatures
X.128
Wrath, exemplars of as related to Violence
XVII.8–9
;
XVII.19–39
Zodiac
IV.61–66
What follows is precisely that, not an inclusive bibliography of studies relevant to Dante or even to his
Purgatorio
, which alone would be voluminous. Abbreviated references in the texts of the notes are keyed to this alphabetical listing. For those interested in the general condition of Dantean bibliography, however, a few remarks may be helpful.
Since an extended bibliography for the study of Dante includes tens of thousands of items, those who deal with the subjects that branch out from the works of this writer are condemned to immoderate labor and a sense that they are always missing something important. While even half a century ago it was possible to develop, in a single treatment, a fairly thorough compendium of the most significant items (e.g., S. A. Chimenz,
Dante
, in
Letteratura italiana. I maggiori
[Milan: Marzorati, 1954], pp. 85–109), the situation today would require far more space. Fortunately, the extraordinary scholarly tool represented by the
Enciclopedia dantesca
, dir. U. Bosco, 6 vols. (Rome, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 1970–78—henceforth
ED
), has given Dante studies its single most important bibliographical resource, leaving only the last quarter century—which happens to be the most active period in the history of Dante studies—uncovered. However, for the years 1965–90, Enzo Esposito has edited a helpful guide,
Dalla bibliografia alla storiografia: la bibliografia dantesca nel mondo dal 1965–1990
(Ravenna: Longo, 1995). A closer analysis of a shorter period is available in “Bibliografia Dantesca 1972–1977,” ed. Leonella Coglievina,
Studi Danteschi
60 (1988): 35–314 (presenting 3121 items for this five-year period). The bibliography in
ED
, vol. 6, pp. 499–618 (a length that gives some sense of the amount of basic information available), contains ca. 5,000 items and is of considerable use, breaking its materials into convenient categories. (Its bibliography of bibliographies alone runs six double-column pages, pp. 542–47.) The
ED
also, of course, contains important bibliographical indications in many of its entries. A major new English source for bibliographical information is
The Dante Encyclopedia
, ed. Richard Lansing (New York: Garland, 2000).
In the past dozen years, Dante studies, perhaps more than any other postclassical area of literature, has moved into “the computer age.” There is a growing online bibliography available, developed from the bibliography of American Dante studies, overseen by Richard Lansing for the Dante Society of America, which includes an increasing number of Italian items (
http://www.princeton.edu/~dante
). Some seventy-five commentaries to the
Commedia
are now available through the Dartmouth Dante Project (opened 1988) [
www.dante.dartmouth.edu
]. There is also the Princeton Dante Project (
http://www.princeton.edu/dante
), a multimedia edition of the
Commedia
(open to public use since 1999) overseen by Robert Hollander, which also functions as an entry point to most of the many Dante sites on the Web, including Otfried Lieberknecht’s site in Berlin, which is a source of an enormous amount of information about Dante in electronic form, and, since the autumn of 2000, the site being developed by the Società Dantesca Italiana (
www.danteonline.it
).