The Circle of Our Vision: Dante's Presence in English Romantic PoetryClarendon Press, 1994 - 267 pages The sudden and spectacular growth in Dante's popularity in England at the end of the eighteenth century was immensely influential for English writers of the period; yet his impact on English writers has rarely been analyzed and its history has been little understood. Byron, Shelley, Keats, Coleridge, Blake, and Wordsworth all wrote and painted while Dante's work--its style, project, and achievement--commanded their attention and provoked their disagreement. The Circle of Our Vision discusses each of these writers in detail, assessing the nature of their engagement with the Divine Comedy and the consequences for their own writing. |
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... Don Juan's English cantos , turning to stone is an occupational hazard . But all was gentle and aristocratic In this our party ; polish'd , smooth and cold , As Phidian forms cut out of marble Attic ( Don Juan , xiii . 110 , ll . 1-3 ...
... Don Juan's English cantos , turning to stone is an occupational hazard . But all was gentle and aristocratic In this our party ; polish'd , smooth and cold , As Phidian forms cut out of marble Attic ( Don Juan , xiii . 110 , ll . 1-3 ...
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... Don Juan are endangered because they are imperfectly cold.22 Don Juan's heart is certainly less susceptible than earlier and less innocent ; Lady Adeline's marble perfection suits her to her ' Cool , and quite Eng- lish ' husband and to ...
... Don Juan are endangered because they are imperfectly cold.22 Don Juan's heart is certainly less susceptible than earlier and less innocent ; Lady Adeline's marble perfection suits her to her ' Cool , and quite Eng- lish ' husband and to ...
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... Don Juan ) , Leila puts the modern Lilliputian world in its proper perspective.27 Her companionship with Don Juan 25 ' It is not clear the Adeline and Juan | Will fall ; but if they do , ' twill be their ruin ' , ibid . xiv . 99 , ll ...
... Don Juan ) , Leila puts the modern Lilliputian world in its proper perspective.27 Her companionship with Don Juan 25 ' It is not clear the Adeline and Juan | Will fall ; but if they do , ' twill be their ruin ' , ibid . xiv . 99 , ll ...
Contents
Illustrating Dante | 39 |
Symbols in | 68 |
Morti li morti e i vivi parean | 119 |
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