Time and the Crystal
  Preface

 expand sectionIntroduction
  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
 collapse sectionAppendices
 •Appendix 1—  "Nascentis militie dies"
 •Appendix 2—  The Numerology of the Sestina
 •Appendix 3—  Precious Stones in the Paradiso
 collapse sectionAppendix 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
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 expand sectionIndex
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