Studies in Dante: Scripture and classical authors in DanteClarendon Press, 1896 |
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... shows no certain knowledge of anything but the Ars Poetica , with one or two possible references to the Epistles . The Aeneid of Virgil ( as Dante says himself ) he knew thoroughly , and particularly , as might be expected , Book vi ...
... shows no certain knowledge of anything but the Ars Poetica , with one or two possible references to the Epistles . The Aeneid of Virgil ( as Dante says himself ) he knew thoroughly , and particularly , as might be expected , Book vi ...
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... shows little , if any , knowledge of the Georgics , except one beautiful instance of reminiscence and imitation , which will be quoted below . In the case of Ovid , he knew well and used freely the Metamor- phoses ( ' Ovidio Maggiore ...
... shows little , if any , knowledge of the Georgics , except one beautiful instance of reminiscence and imitation , which will be quoted below . In the case of Ovid , he knew well and used freely the Metamor- phoses ( ' Ovidio Maggiore ...
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... show that he was not aware that she was merely a fictitious character in a play , and that therefore the quotation was not taken directly from the play itself . In Epist . x . § 10 , Dante refers in a general way to the Comedies of ...
... show that he was not aware that she was merely a fictitious character in a play , and that therefore the quotation was not taken directly from the play itself . In Epist . x . § 10 , Dante refers in a general way to the Comedies of ...
Page 13
... show that we must occasionally exercise caution in inferring direct acquaintance with an author quoted . There is another class of secondhand quotations , which raise the interesting question of what we should now call ' plagiarism ...
... show that we must occasionally exercise caution in inferring direct acquaintance with an author quoted . There is another class of secondhand quotations , which raise the interesting question of what we should now call ' plagiarism ...
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... See further under Aristotle , No. 53 . The numerous quotations in the Index show this context in Aristotle to have been specially familiar to Dante . heads of the authors in which they occur1 . In 18 STUDIES IN DANTE.
... See further under Aristotle , No. 53 . The numerous quotations in the Index show this context in Aristotle to have been specially familiar to Dante . heads of the authors in which they occur1 . In 18 STUDIES IN DANTE.
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