The Revelation of Imagination : From Homer and the Bible through Virgil and Augustine to Dante /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Franke, William (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Homer. > Odyssey.
Virgil. > Aeneis.
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430. > Confessiones.
Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321. > Inferno.
Odyssey (Homer)
Inferno (Dante Alighieri)
Confessiones (Augustine, of Hippo, Saint)
Aeneis (Virgil)
Revelation in literature.
Religion and literature.
Bible as literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Religion et litterature.
Bible (Litterature)
Electronic books.
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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