Dante and the Human Body

The essays in this volume explore Dantes interest in the human body from various intellectual standpoints, the contributors being a mixture of historians, literary scholars, and theologians. They are: The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body in the Commedia by Simon A. Gilson (University of Warwick); Dante, Medicine and the Invisible Body by Vivian Nutton (Wellcome Trust Centre, University of London); The Scientific Context of Dantes Embryology by Joseph Ziegler (University of Haifa); Sanatio and Salvatio: Body and Soul in the Experience of Dantes Afterlife by Simone De Angelis (University of Berne); Nostalgia in Heaven: Embraces, Affection and Identity in the Commedia by Manuele Gragnolati (Somerville College, Oxford); Divina anatomia: Laying Bare Body and Soul in the Commedia by Elizabeth Mozzillo-Howell (formerly of the University of Cambridge); La rosa in che il verbo divino carne si fece: Human Bodies and Truth in the Poetic Narrative of the Commedia by ViBarnes, John is the author of 'Dante and the Human Body', published 2007 under ISBN 9781846820908 and ISBN 1846820901.