4 options
The ancient flame : Dante and the poets / Winthrop Wetherbee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wetherbee, Winthrop, 1938-
- Series:
- William and Katherine Devers series in Dante studies.
- The William and Katherine Devers series in Dante studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Criticism and interpretation.
- Dante Alighieri.
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Knowledge--Literature.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 304 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Winthrop Wetherbee's study of Dante's relationship to the classical Latin poets--Vergil, Ovid, Lucan, Statius--is a genuine tour-de-force.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-290) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780268096595
- 0268096597
- OCLC:
- 606170628
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.