The Design in the Wax: The Structure of the Divine Comedy and Its Meaning
, by Cogan, Marc- ISBN: 9780268008871 | 0268008876
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 4/1/1999
The Design in the Wax recovers the specifically medieval interpretation of the structure which underlies each part of the poem and the poem as a whole, and shows readers how to discover the single consistent principle which organizes each part and the overall narrative.
The Design in the Wax is a thought-provoking tool for all students of the Divine Comedy interested in studying Dante's calculated use of poetry to overcome the limits of human understanding.