{"product_id":"dante-and-the-sense-of-transgression-the-trespass-of-the-sign-9781441160423","title":"Dante and the Sense of Transgression: 'The Trespass of the Sign'","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): William Franke\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Continuum\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Continuum\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDante and the\u003cbr\u003eSense of Transgression\u003c\/i\u003e, William Franke combines literary-critical analysis\u003cbr\u003ewith philosophical and theological reflection to cast new light on Dante's\u003cbr\u003epoetic vision. Conversely, Dante's medieval masterpiece becomes our guide\u003cbr\u003eto rethinking some of the most pressing issues of contemporary theory. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond suggestive\u003cbr\u003earchetypes like Adam and Ulysses that hint at an obsession with transgression\u003cbr\u003ebeneath Dante's overt suppression of it, there is another and a prior sense in\u003cbr\u003ewhich transgression emerges as Dante's essential and ultimate gesture. \u003cbr\u003eHis work as a poet culminates in the \u003c\/i\u003eParadiso\u003ci\u003e in a\u003cbr\u003etranscendence of language towards a purely ineffable, mystical experience\u003cbr\u003ebeyond verbal expression. Yet Dante conveys this experience, nevertheless, \u003cbr\u003ein and through language and specifically through the transgression of language, \u003cbr\u003eviolating its normally representational and referential functions. \u003c\/i\u003eParadiso\u003ci\u003e's\u003cbr\u003edramatic sky-scapes and unparalleled textual performances stage a\u003cbr\u003edeconstruction of the sign that is analyzed philosophically in the light of\u003cbr\u003eBlanchot, Levinas, Derrida, Barthes, and Bataille, as transgressing and\u003cbr\u003etransfiguring the very sense of sense.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Continuum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45083161198743,"sku":"9781441160423","price":4077.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781441160423.webp?v=1767263700","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/dante-and-the-sense-of-transgression-the-trespass-of-the-sign-9781441160423","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}