Dante Soundings: Eight Literary and Historical EssaysDavid Nolan Irish Academic Press, 1981 - 192 pages |
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... poet he should stand : “ ben tetragono ai colpi di ventura " ( Par.xvii.24 ) . At the same time Inferno vii announces a further theme , which , if not related so intimately to the poet's own experience , is none the less expressed at ...
... poet he should stand : “ ben tetragono ai colpi di ventura " ( Par.xvii.24 ) . At the same time Inferno vii announces a further theme , which , if not related so intimately to the poet's own experience , is none the less expressed at ...
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... poet , indeed the poet , ' nostra maggior musa " ( Par.xv.26 ) ; “ de li altri poeti onore e lume " ( Inf.i.82 ) . 10 Throughout the Commedia Dante's own self - consciousness is apparent as a poet and as a poet who is setting himself an ...
... poet , indeed the poet , ' nostra maggior musa " ( Par.xv.26 ) ; “ de li altri poeti onore e lume " ( Inf.i.82 ) . 10 Throughout the Commedia Dante's own self - consciousness is apparent as a poet and as a poet who is setting himself an ...
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... poet , as the poet , through myth is able somehow to point beyond the limits of natural reason . Poetry can therefore be seen as the culmination of human achievements ; hence Statius speaks of himself as a poet : " col nome che più dura ...
... poet , as the poet , through myth is able somehow to point beyond the limits of natural reason . Poetry can therefore be seen as the culmination of human achievements ; hence Statius speaks of himself as a poet : " col nome che più dura ...
Contents
Foreword | 1 |
J C Barnes | 28 |
The Theme of Exodus in the First | 59 |
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