The Burial-places of Memory: Epic Underworlds in Vergil, Dante, and Milton |
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... pilgrim's sadness and suffering too . “ I am not Aeneas , " the pilgrim will protest in the next canto ( 32 ) , as he is losing his nerve and having second thoughts about the arduous journey Vergil has proposed . But ironically he ...
... pilgrim's sadness and suffering too . “ I am not Aeneas , " the pilgrim will protest in the next canto ( 32 ) , as he is losing his nerve and having second thoughts about the arduous journey Vergil has proposed . But ironically he ...
Page 84
... pilgrim has recognized him and called him by name ( lines 30 and 32 ) . Moreover , Brunetto touches the hem of the pilgrim's garment ( " che mi prese / per lo lembo " [ 23–24 ] ) , an action that would be out of place in Vergil's shadow ...
... pilgrim has recognized him and called him by name ( lines 30 and 32 ) . Moreover , Brunetto touches the hem of the pilgrim's garment ( " che mi prese / per lo lembo " [ 23–24 ] ) , an action that would be out of place in Vergil's shadow ...
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... pilgrim's being , just as the pilgrim goes no further toward Brunetto than the hard margin of the brook , la margine dura on which he stands . Brunetto is at last only a story , a bearer of a text , for so the pilgrim calls Brunetto's ...
... pilgrim's being , just as the pilgrim goes no further toward Brunetto than the hard margin of the brook , la margine dura on which he stands . Brunetto is at last only a story , a bearer of a text , for so the pilgrim calls Brunetto's ...
Contents
The Easy Descent from Avernus | 17 |
Language and History | 57 |
Traditions and the Individual Talent | 118 |
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