Dante's Drama of the Mind: A Modern Reading of the PurgatorioThe individual insights employed in this reading of the Purgatorio are those of a twentieth century mind, as are the author's references: T. S. Eliot, Henry James, I. A. Richards, Jacques Maritain, and many others. Purposely avoiding the pitfalls of Dantean scholarship, Mr. Fergusson reveals the drama of the order of Dante's vision, the developed form of the poetry, and the meaning of the canticle for modern man. The Purgatorio, he says, "has light to