Dante: Dante and classical antiquity : the epic traditionThis volume is part of a collection of facsimile reprints integrating a wide range of Dante scholarship. It provides knowledge of a full range of fundamental ideas, issues, events and beliefs that characterized the world view of Dante's age. |
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Contents
Tragedy in Dantes Comedy | 34 |
Dantes Use of Aeneid I in Inferno I and II | 56 |
Volume 8 | 59 |
Epic Tradition and Inferno IX | 71 |
Dantes descensus ad superos | 90 |
Language and History | 127 |
The Unfinished Convivio and Dantes Rereading of the Aeneid | 189 |
Dante and Virgil | 214 |
Poeta fui | 247 |
Dante Lucan and Virgil | 303 |
Classical Antiquity | 321 |
Dantes Virtuous Romans | 345 |
Dantes Republican Treasury | 363 |
on Dantes Depiction of the Earthly Paradise | 387 |
Acknowledgments | 415 |
Common terms and phrases
Aeneas Aeneid allegory appears attempt Beatrice become beginning called canto Cato Christ Christian classical Comedy Commedia concern considered continuing Convivio critics Dante Dante's death describes discussion divine earthly Eclogue epic episode example experience fact figure final Hell heroes human important Inferno interpretation Italy journey kind language later Latin less light literary meaning medieval middle narrative nature once opening pagan Paradise passage perhaps pilgrim poem poet poetic poetry political present Press Providence Purg Purgatorio question reader reading reason reference relation rhyme Roman Rome seems seen sense souls speak Statius Studies style suggests tells things tradition tragic true truth turn understand University verse Virgil Virgilian virtue vision Vita writing
Bibliographic information
| Title | Dante: Dante and classical antiquity : the epic tradition A Routledge series Dante the Critical Complex, Volume 2 Volume 2 of Dante: The Critical Complex, Richard H. Lansing, ISBN 0415940931, 9780415940931 Resources in world literature Volume 2: Dante and Classical Antiquity: The Epic Tradition |
| Editor | Richard H. Lansing |
| Contributor | Richard H. Lansing |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0415940958, 9780415940955 |
| Length | 416 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / European / Italian Reference / Research |
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