The Idea of the Labyrinth from Classical Antiquity through the Middle Ages /

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Ancient and medieval labyrinths embody paradox, according to Penelope Reed Doob. Their structure allows a double perspective-the baffling, fragmented prospect confronting the maze-treader within ...

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reed Doob, Penelope (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Colección:Online access: De Gruyter De Gruyter Open Books.
Temas:
Labyrinths in literature.
Classical literature > History and criticism.
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Labyrinths in art.
Labyrinthes dans la littérature.
Littérature ancienne > Histoire et critique.
Littérature médiévale > Histoire et critique.
Labyrinthes dans l'art.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Classical literature.
Literature, Medieval.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Plates
  • Acknowledgments: Four Labyrinths
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Charting the Maze
  • PART ONE. The Labyrinth in the Classical and Early Christian Periods
  • CHAPTER ONE. The Literary Witness: Labyrinths in Pliny, Virgil, and Ovid
  • CHAPTER. TWO. The Labyrinth as Significant Form: Two Paradigms
  • CHAPTER THREE. A Taxonomy of Metaphorical Labyrinths
  • PART TWO. The Labyrinth in the Middle Ages
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Etymologies and Verbal Implications
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Mazes in Medieval Art and Architecture
  • CHAPTER SIX. Moral Labyrinths in Medieval Literature
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. Textual Labyrinths: Toward a Labyrinthine Aesthetic
  • PART THREE. Labyrinths of Words: Central Texts and I ntertextualities
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. Virgil's Aeneid
  • CHAPTER NINE. Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy
  • CHAPTER TEN. Dante's Divine Comedy
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN. Chaucer's House of Fame
  • APPENDIX. Labyrinths in Manuscripts
  • Index

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