Time and the Crystal
  Preface

 collapse sectionIntroduction
 •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
 expand section2—  The Solstice and the Human Body:  "Io son venuto al punto de la rota"
 expand section3—  The Sun and the Heliotrope:  "Al poco giorno e al gran cerchio d'ombra"
 expand section4—  The Poem as Crystal:  "Amor, tu vedi ben che questa donna"
 expand section5—  Breaking the Ice:  "Così nel mio parlar voglio esser aspro"
 expand section6—  The Rime petrose and the Commedia

 expand sectionNotes
 expand sectionAppendices
 expand sectionBibliography
 expand sectionIndex
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