VergilCraig Kallendorf The essays chosen for this volume are intended to reflect the best recent work on Vergilian influences along with the best of the "classic" studies in this field. -- Introduction. |
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... tragic when its author desires . Or , if its predominant tone is in fact tragic , it may lower its voice to the comic level when Dante pleases . As he always seems to , our poet has his cake and eats it too . Critics who have been ...
... tragic when its author desires . Or , if its predominant tone is in fact tragic , it may lower its voice to the comic level when Dante pleases . As he always seems to , our poet has his cake and eats it too . Critics who have been ...
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... tragic on their terms , but not on Dante's , for in his poem two points of view obtain . At the same time , if we consider style , these narratives are models of the tragic mode , at least as this was understood in a medieval tradition ...
... tragic on their terms , but not on Dante's , for in his poem two points of view obtain . At the same time , if we consider style , these narratives are models of the tragic mode , at least as this was understood in a medieval tradition ...
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... tragic lovers reminds us that Dante's love for Beatrice is the fitting subject of a comic poem , a poem which has treated tragic subjects as well . In this sense Dante's reference to comic and tragic poets is self - referential . In the ...
... tragic lovers reminds us that Dante's love for Beatrice is the fitting subject of a comic poem , a poem which has treated tragic subjects as well . In this sense Dante's reference to comic and tragic poets is self - referential . In the ...
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Tennyson and Virgil W P Mustard | 54 |
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