The Burial-places of Memory: Epic Underworlds in Vergil, Dante, and Milton |
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... memory and ease , and his task is simply to get to Italy , where he is to set in motion those events that will later be called Roman history . The desire to escape history , to refuse an authentic temporal destiny , can be found at ...
... memory and ease , and his task is simply to get to Italy , where he is to set in motion those events that will later be called Roman history . The desire to escape history , to refuse an authentic temporal destiny , can be found at ...
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... memory is fixed , and now saddens my heart , the dear , kind , paternal image of you , when in the world hour by hour you taught me how man makes himself eternal . " The canto is shot through with Vergilian echoes , so that some- times ...
... memory is fixed , and now saddens my heart , the dear , kind , paternal image of you , when in the world hour by hour you taught me how man makes himself eternal . " The canto is shot through with Vergilian echoes , so that some- times ...
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... Memory , 7 , 62 , 63 , 71 , 117 , 175 ; art of , 9-10 ; as metaphor , 86-87 Metalepsis , 14 , 15 , 175 , 195 Metallurgy , demonic , 168 Metaphors , 173 , 192 ; in Dante , 61 , 86 , 131 ; Homer's sun metaphor , 134-35 ; necessity for ...
... Memory , 7 , 62 , 63 , 71 , 117 , 175 ; art of , 9-10 ; as metaphor , 86-87 Metalepsis , 14 , 15 , 175 , 195 Metallurgy , demonic , 168 Metaphors , 173 , 192 ; in Dante , 61 , 86 , 131 ; Homer's sun metaphor , 134-35 ; necessity for ...
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The Easy Descent from Avernus | 17 |
Language and History | 57 |
Traditions and the Individual Talent | 118 |
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