Wetherbee, Winthrop.

The Ancient Flame : Dante and the Poets. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (318 pages) - William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante and Medieval Italian Literature Series . - William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante and Medieval Italian Literature Series .

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.

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

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Dante Alighieri,-1265-1321-Criticism and interpretation.
Dante Alighieri,-1265-1321-Knowledge and learning.
Literature.


Electronic books.

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