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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828747703321

Autore

Wetherbee Winthrop <1938->

Titolo

The ancient flame : Dante and the poets / / Winthrop Wetherbee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2008

ISBN

0-268-09659-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xi, 304 p

Collana

The William and Katherine Devers series in Dante studies

Disciplina

851/.1

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-290) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Series List -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Page -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Vergil in the Inferno -- 3. Lucan and Vergil -- 4. Cato's Grotto -- 5. Ovid and Vergil in Purgatory -- 6. Statius -- 7. Lust, Poetry, andthe Earthly Paradise -- 8. Paradiso -- Bibliography -- Index of Passages Discussed -- General Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Winthrop Wetherbee's study of Dante's relationship to the classical Latin poets--Vergil, Ovid, Lucan, Statius--is a genuine tour-de-force.