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
 collapse section2—  The Solstice and the Human Body:  "Io son venuto al punto de la rota"
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 collapse section3—  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
 collapse section4—  The Poem as Crystal:  "Amor, tu vedi ben che questa donna"
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 collapse section5—  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
 collapse section6—  The Rime petrose and the Commedia
 collapse sectionThe 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
 collapse sectionMicrocosmic Form
 •The Body of Hell
 •Oculus Mundi
 •The Heaven of the Sun
 collapse sectionReversal and Return
 •The Nest of the Twins
 •Reversed Polarity
 •Ducite Carmina:  The Poem as Charm
 •The Golden Bough

 collapse sectionNotes
 •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
 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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 •Primary Sources
 •Secondary Sources
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