The ancient flame : Dante and the poets / Winthrop Wetherbee.
The ancient flame : Dante and the poets / Winthrop Wetherbee.
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Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2008.
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N851.1/28
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English
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xi, 304 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction: Dante and Classical Poetry -- 2. Vergil in the Inferno -- 3. Lucan and Vergil: Judgment and Poetic Authority in Dis -- 4. Cato's Grotto -- 5. Ovid and Vergil in Purgatory -- 6. Statius -- 7. Lust, Poetry, and the Earthly Paradise -- 8. Paradiso.
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Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2008.
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Indiana
Date Published
c2008.
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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 is grounded in an astute understanding of their historical situation a...
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The ancient flame : Dante and the poets / Winthrop Wetherbee.
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The William and Katherine Devers series in Dante studies.
The William and Katherine Devers series in Dante studies.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-290) and indexes.
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c2008.
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N851.1/28
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74VMb6KgMQAl
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ISBN
9780268044121 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0268044120 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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851.1
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991000713799702626
