
The Infinite Beauty of the World
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«The Infinite Beauty of the World offers a fascinating interpretive journey towards richer appreciation of the Commedia as a cosmological poem. Baxter compellingly invites us to encounter Dante anew as a poet who seeks to show his readers the whole of reality while embracing, in wonder, its divine mystery.» (Vittorio Montemaggi, Senior Lecturer in Religion and the Arts, King's College London, author of Reading Dante's Commedia as Theology: Divinity Realized in Human Encounter)
«Jason Baxter's new book provides the first extensive study of the tradition of the
imago mundi and its significance for Dante. Drawing on a wealth of materials - biblical
commentaries, glosses on ancient poets, spiritual treatises, and encyclopaedic works of
various kinds - Baxter explores how medieval culture developed a rich set of practices
of mental visualization so as to
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