Table of Contents

Introduction

Prologue I: DXV and Paradiso
Prologue II: The Poetics of Paradiso

1. Heaven of the Moon: Grammar (II−IV)
2. Heaven of Mercury: Dialectics (V−VII)
3. Heaven of Venus: Rhetoric (VIII, IX)
4. Heaven of the Sun: Arithmetic (X−XIV)
5. Heaven of Mars: Music (XV−XVII)
6. Heaven of Jupiter: Geometry (XVIII, XIX, XX)
7. Heaven of Saturn: Astronomy (XXI−XXII)
8. Fixed Stars: Physics and Metaphysics (XXIV−XXVII)
9. Primum Mobile: Moral Philosophy (XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX)
10. Empyrean: Theology (XXX−XXXIII)

Conclusions

About the Author

Massimo Verdicchio is a professor of Italian and Comparative Literature in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies at the University of Alberta.