The revelation of imagination : from Homer and the Bible through Virgil and Augustine to Dante /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Franke, William (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321. > Inferno.
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430. > Confessiones.
Virgil. > Aeneis.
Homer. > Odyssey.
Aeneis (Virgil)
Confessiones (Augustine, of Hippo, Saint)
Inferno (Dante Alighieri)
Odyssey (Homer)
Bible as literature.
Religion and literature.
Revelation in literature.
Bible (Littérature)
Religion et littérature.
Révélation dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Bible as literature
Religion and literature
Revelation in literature
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Involved knowing: on the poetic epistemology of the humanities
  • Humanities tradition and the Bible
  • Homer's musings and the divine Muse
  • Virgil's invention of history as prophecy
  • Augustine's discovery of reading as revelation
  • Dante's poetics of revelation
  • Conclusion. Canonicity, creativity, and the unlimited vision of literature.

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