The ancient flame : Dante and the poets

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"Wetherbee's fresh, illuminating approach departs from the usual treatment of classical poets in Dante criticism, which assigns them a merely allegorical function. Their true importance to Dante's project is much greater. As Wetherbee meticulously shows, Dante's use of the poets...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wetherbee, Winthrop, 1938-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2011.
Series:William and Katherine Devers series in Dante studies.
Subjects:
Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321 > Criticism and interpretation.
Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321 > Knowledge > Literature.
Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321 > Critique et interprétation.
Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321 > Et la littérature.
Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321
Dante > Alighieri > 1265-1321
Dante (Alighieri)
POETRY > Continental European.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Literature
Latein
Literatur
Rezeption
Bellettrie.
Italiaans.
Latein.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • Dante and classical poetry
  • Vergil in the inferno
  • Lucan and Vergil: judgment and poetic authority in Dis
  • Cato's grotto
  • Ovid and Vergil in purgatory
  • Statius
  • Lust, poetry, and the earthly paradise
  • Paradiso.

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