Dante's Epic Journeys / David Thompson.

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Thompson, David, 1938-

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TextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (1 online resource xi, 83 pages.)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780801815188
9781421436302
9781421436319

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: Dante's epic journeys.LOC classification:

PQ4406 .T5 1974

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Contents:

Introduction -- Part one: Three Allegorical Journeys -- Dante's Twofold Itinerary -- Odysseus among the Allegorists -- Aeneas's Spiritual Itinerary -- Letter and Allegory -- Part two: Ulysses, Aeneas, Dante -- Ulysses and the Critics -- Ulysses in the Commedia -- Ulysses and Aeneas -- Ulysses and Dante -- Aeneas and Dante

Summary: This essay in comparative literature represents the first extended attempt to relate Dante's major allegorical mode to classical and medieval interpretations of epic poetry rather than to patristic biblical exegesis. It also is the first comprehensive explanation of Dante's enigmatic Ulysses. Thompson strives to shed new light not only on Dante's allegory - and thus upon the whole troubled question of exactly what an allegory was thought to be but also on the intricate relationship between poet and poem and between Dante's spiritual journeys and his written representation of those itineraries.

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Originally published as Johns Hopkins Press in 1974

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This essay in comparative literature represents the first extended attempt to relate Dante's major allegorical mode to classical and medieval interpretations of epic poetry rather than to patristic biblical exegesis. It also is the first comprehensive explanation of Dante's enigmatic Ulysses. Thompson strives to shed new light not only on Dante's allegory - and thus upon the whole troubled question of exactly what an allegory was thought to be but also on the intricate relationship between poet and poem and between Dante's spiritual journeys and his written representation of those itineraries.

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