VI. The Divine Comedy: Paradise.
The index to the Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas, under the heads, Beati, beatitudo, coelum, angelus, and Deus, will open the way to an understanding of the theological doctrine of this portion of the Divine Comedy.
The writings in regard to Beatrice are innumerable, but few of them are worth reading. La Beatrice di Dante, by Gabriele Rossetti, London, 1842, the' the writer's general theory is fantastic, contains many acute and sympathetic passages.
The select bibliographical lists in Scartazzini's Prolegomeni, the omission of which in Mr. Butler's translation is to be regretted, may be of great use to the student in directing him to sources of information.
The Dizionario Dantesco of Poletto Siena, 1885-87, 7 vols., 12mo., and the Enciclopedia Dantesca of Ferrazzi, Bassano, 1865-77 5 vols., 12mo., will often be found extremely useful.
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