| Time and the Crystal |
| Preface |
 | Introduction |
| • | The Rime Petrose in Dante's Development |
| • | Microcosmic Poetics: Sources and Models |
| • | Dante's Conception of the Form of the Canzone |
| • | Precious Stones |
| • | The Problematic of the Petrose |
| 1— Early Experiments: Vita nuova 19 |
| 2— The Solstice and the Human Body: "Io son venuto al punto de la rota" |
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| 3— The Sun and the Heliotrope: "Al poco giorno e al gran cerchio d'ombra" |
| • | Poetic Filiations |
| • | Quella Ch'a Veder Lo Sol Si Gira |
| • | Petra Sott'erba: The Hidden Stone |
| • | Heliotropisms |
| • | Horizon and Adynaton: The Tornata |
| • | The Stay of the Sun |
| 4— The Poem as Crystal: "Amor, tu vedi ben che questa donna" |
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| 5— Breaking the Ice: "Così nel mio parlar voglio esser aspro" |
| • | Katabasis |
| • | Aissi L'enverse |
| • | Metaphors of Love |
| • | The Poem As Telos |
| • | Vivos De Marmore Vultus |
| 6— The Rime petrose and the Commedia |
| The Cosmos of the Petrose in the Commedia |
| • | The Legacy of "Io son venuto" |
| • | Beginning with Nature: Astronomical Incipits |
| • | Landscapes 1: The Semblance of Winter |
| • | Landscapes II: The Floor of Heaven |
| Microcosmic Form |
| • | The Body of Hell |
| • | Oculus Mundi |
| • | The Heaven of the Sun |
| Reversal and Return |
| • | The Nest of the Twins |
| • | Reversed Polarity |
| • | Ducite Carmina: The Poem as Charm |
| • | The Golden Bough |
| Notes |
| • | Introduction |
| • | 1— Early Experiments:Vita nuova 19 |
| • | 2— The Solstice and the Human Body: "Io son venuto al punto de la rota" |
| • | 3— The Sun and the Heliotrope: "Al poco giorno e al gran cerchio d'ombra" |
| • | 4— The Poem as Crystal: "Amor, tu vedi ben che questa donna" |
| • | 5— Breaking the Ice: "Così nel mio parlar voglio esser aspro" |
| • | 6— The Rime petrose and the Commedia |
| • | Appendices |
| Appendices |
| • | Appendix 1— "Nascentis militie dies" |
| • | Appendix 2— The Numerology of the Sestina |
| • | Appendix 3— Precious Stones in the Paradiso |
| Appendix 4— Texts and Translations: The Rime petrose Vita nuova 19 De vulgari eloquentia, Book 2 |
| • | The Rime Petrose |
| • | Vita Nuova 19 |
| • | De Vulgari Eloquentia, Book 2 |
| Bibliography |
| • | Primary Sources |
| • | Secondary Sources |
| Index |
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