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Dante and Milton : The "Commedia" and "Paradise Lost" /

Comparisons have frequently been made between the works of Dante and Milton, more often than not by critics with a definite predilection one or the other poet. The author of this systematic comparison has approached the task without partisanship, but with a warm admiration for both poets. It is her...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Samuel, Irene (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • I. Preliminaries
  • Purgatorio and the Dream of Eve
  • Satan and the "Diminisht" Stars
  • II. Milton's Reading of Dante
  • III. "Higher Argument Remains"
  • IV. Hell and Its Populace
  • Introduction
  • "The Sport of Winds"
  • "O con Forza o con Frode"
  • The Valley of Serpents
  • The Ultimate Fixity
  • V. Heaven and Eden
  • Introduction
  • The Chain of Being
  • The Life in Bliss
  • Wrath in Heaven
  • The Earthly Paradise
  • VI. The Purgatorial Way
  • Introduction
  • The Two Instructions
  • Reason and Free Will
  • The Politics of Vision
  • VII. The Narrative of Meaning
  • Appendix A: A Table of Milton's References to Dante before Paradise Lost
  • Appendix B: The Tavole of Benedetto Buommattei facing
  • Appendix C: Comments on the Relation of Milton and Dante, in Chronological Sequence
  • APPENDIX D: The Proems of Paradise Lost and the Commedia
  • Index of Names and Tides