The Poetry of Allusion: Virgil and Ovid in Dante’s ‘Commedia’Stanford University Press, 1991 - 333 pages A Stanford University Press classic. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 89
Page xv
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 1
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 2
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 3
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 4
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Part I | 8 |
Virgils Pietas and Dantes Pietà | 19 |
Tristo annunzio di futuro danno | 37 |
The Marvelous in Inferno 13 | 49 |
The Eternal Image of the Father | 62 |
Dantes Misreadings of the Aeneid in Inferno 20 | 77 |
Virgils Inferno | 94 |
Erysichthon and the Poetics of the Spirit | 173 |
Watching Matelda | 181 |
Pauline Vision and Ovidian Speech in Paradiso I | 202 |
Dantes Ovidian SelfCorrection in Paradiso 17 | 214 |
Paradiso 2122 | 224 |
Paradiso 27 | 233 |
Notes | 249 |
References | 297 |
Dido Beatrice and the Signs of Ancient Love | 113 |
Paradiso 15 25 | 145 |
Ovid Arachne and the Poetics of Paradise | 159 |
313 | |
325 | |
Common terms and phrases
Aeneas Aeneas's Aeneid allegory allusion amor Anchises appear Arachne Arachne's Beatrice Benvenuto Book Brunetto Cacciaguida canto 15 Christ Christian classical Commedia context contrast Dante Dante's Dante's poem Dante's text death described Dido divine epic episode Erysichthon essay eternal Europa Eurydice Eurypylus exile father figure final Freccero Georgics Geryon Glaucus gloss gods Harpies heaven hell Hippolytus human Inferno Jacoff journey Jupiter lament Latin literary Manto Marsyas marvel Matelda Metamorphoses mortal narrative Ocnus Orpheus Orpheus's Ovid Ovid's Ovidian pagan Paradiso Parthenopaeus passage Phaeton phrase Pier della Vigna pietà pietas pilgrim pius poem's poet poet's poeta poetic poetry Polydorus present Purg Purgatorio Purgatorio 30 reader recalls reference Roman sanguis Schnapp seems segno Semele Singleton song souls speech spiritual Statius Statius's story suggest Theb Thebaid tion transformation translation Trojans turns Ulysses verses Virgil Virgil's poem Virgil's text Virgilian Virgilio vision Vita wayfarer words