Islam and the Divine Comedy | Miguel Asin Palacios | Taylor & Francis

ABSTRACT

A study of the influence of Islam on Dante's "Divine Comedy".

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part |1 pages

Part I: The Legend of the Nocturnal Journey and Ascension of Mahomet Compared with the Divine Comedy

chapter I|1 pages

The germ of the legend in the Koran

chapter II|5 pages

Summary of Version A of Cycle I

chapter III|23 pages

. Features common to the three versions of this cycle

chapter IV|6 pages

Third Cycle—Fusion of the Versions of the “Isra” and the “Miraj”

chapter V|4 pages

Theological Commentaries on the Legend

chapter VI|12 pages

Adaptations from the Legend, Mainly Mystical Allegories

chapter VII|13 pages

Literary Imitations of the Legend

chapter VIII|10 pages

Coincidence in intrinsic literary value

part |1 pages

Part II: The Divine Comedy Compared with Other Moslem Legends on the After-Life

chapter I|2 pages

Preliminary enquiry into the doctrine of Islam on the after-life

chapter II|4 pages

The Moslem Limbo in the Divine Comedy

chapter III|11 pages

The Moslem Hell in the Divine Comedy

chapter IV|9 pages

The Moslem Hell in the Divine Comedy—continued,

chapter V|6 pages

The giants of Dante's hell

chapter VI|10 pages

The Moslem Purgatory in the Divine Comedy

chapter VII|14 pages

The Earthly Paradise of Islam in the Divine Comedy

chapter VIII|15 pages

The Celestial Paradise of Islam in the Divine Comedy

chapter IX|21 pages

The Celestial Paradise of Islam in the Divine Comedy (Conclusion)

chapter X|4 pages

Synthesis of All the Partial Comparisons

part |1 pages

Part III: Moslem Features in the Christian Legends Precursory of the Divine Comedy

chapter I|3 pages

Introduction

chapter II|6 pages

Legends of Visions of Hell

chapter III|5 pages

Legends of Visions of Hell—continued

chapter IV|4 pages

Legends of Visions of Hell (Conclusion)

chapter V|4 pages

V. LEGENDS ON THE WEIGHING OF SOULS: I. Subject common to the legends of this cycle

chapter VI|5 pages

Legends of Paradise

chapter VII|12 pages

Legends of Sea Voyages

chapter VIII|6 pages

Legends of Sleepers

chapter IX|4 pages

Legends of the Respite from Torture

chapter X|9 pages

Legends on the Debate Between Angels and Devils for Possession of the Soul

part |1 pages

Part IV: Probability of the Transmission of Islamic Models to Christian Europe and Particularly to Dante

chapter I|2 pages

The similarity in artistic representation of the life beyond the grave is conclusive proof

chapter II|7 pages

Communication Between Islam and Christian Europe During the Middle Ages

chapter III|10 pages

Probability of their transmission through any of the channels mentioned

chapter IV|7 pages

The Attraction Felt by Dante Towards Arabic Culture Confirms the Hypothesis of Imitation

chapter V|15 pages

Bruno Nardi's explanation of this enigma; Dante's philo- sophy akin rather to that of Avicenna and Averrhoes than to that of St. Thomas