LEADER 02689oam 22005054a 450 001 9910524844803321 005 20210915045434.0 010 $a1-4214-3629-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000010460905 035 $a(OCoLC)1127789544 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse78522 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010460905 100 $a20190926h20191974 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDante's Epic Journeys$fDavid Thompson 210 $cJohns Hopkins University Press 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 83 pages).) 300 $aThe text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No derivatives 4.0 International License 300 $aOpen access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program. 300 $aOriginally published as Johns Hopkins Press in 1974 311 $a1-4214-3630-2 311 $a1-4214-3631-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntroduction -- Part one: Three Allegorical Journeys -- Dante's Twofold Itinerary -- Odysseus among the Allegorists -- Aeneas's Spiritual Itinerary -- Letter and Allegory -- Part two: Ulysses, Aeneas, Dante -- Ulysses and the Critics -- Ulysses in the Commedia -- Ulysses and Aeneas -- Ulysses and Dante -- Aeneas and Dante 330 $aThis essay in comparative literature represents the first extended attempt to relate Dante's major allegorical mode to classical and medieval interpretations of epic poetry rather than to patristic biblical exegesis. It also is the first comprehensive explanation of Dante's enigmatic Ulysses. Thompson strives to shed new light not only on Dante's allegory - and thus upon the whole troubled question of exactly what an allegory was thought to be but also on the intricate relationship between poet and poem and between Dante's spiritual journeys and his written representation of those itineraries. 606 $aSymbolism$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01140749 606 $aEpic poetry, Italian$xClassical influences 608 $aElectronic books. 610 0$aVirgil$aAeneis 610 0$aHomer$aOdyssey 610 0$aEpic poetry, Italian$aClassical influences 610 0$aDante Alighieri$a1265-1321$aSymbolism 615 0$aSymbolism. 615 0$aEpic poetry, Italian$xClassical influences. 700 $aThompson$b David$f1938-$0288839 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524844803321 996 $aDante's epic journeys$9530467 997 $aUNINA