Prophets of Heaven & Hell: Virgil, Dante, Milton, Goethe ; an Introductory Essay |
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... Divine Comedy , his prophetic office is assumed as a matter of course , rather than expressed in words . It is in connection with Love — all love , from the crudest to the highest - that he speaks in the most clearly prophetic accents ...
... Divine Comedy , his prophetic office is assumed as a matter of course , rather than expressed in words . It is in connection with Love — all love , from the crudest to the highest - that he speaks in the most clearly prophetic accents ...
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... Divine Comedy , though sufficient in itself to tax his highest powers . In 1290 , after the death of Beatrice Portinari , he thought of describing , no doubt in some extended form , his vision of Beatrice in Paradise , described in the ...
... Divine Comedy , though sufficient in itself to tax his highest powers . In 1290 , after the death of Beatrice Portinari , he thought of describing , no doubt in some extended form , his vision of Beatrice in Paradise , described in the ...
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... Divine Comedy stand out in the mind with an extraordinary vividness , which they would not possess if merely read as isolated poems . Compared , indeed , with isolated poems of the same length , they might not seem , as they do ...
... Divine Comedy stand out in the mind with an extraordinary vividness , which they would not possess if merely read as isolated poems . Compared , indeed , with isolated poems of the same length , they might not seem , as they do ...
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Aeneas Aeneid appeal artist aspect Augustus battle of Actium battle of Benevento Beatrice beauty believe Bible century chapter Christian Cino da Pistoia conception consciousness culture Dante Dante's Divine Comedy earth embodied Empire essential ethical European evil expression fact Faust feel four poets Georgics Ghibelline give Goethe's Guelphs Guido Cavalcanti Heaven Hell human idea ideal imagination impression individual inspiration intellectual interest justice Karl Barth knowledge language light literature live long poem man's Mephistopheles Milton and Goethe mind modern myth nature Paradise Lost passions past perhaps philosophy picture Plato poet-prophets poet's poetry political present problem problem of Evil prophet Purgatory purpose reader realise reality Reason recognise religion Roman Rome seems sense significance single speaking Spinoza spirit story supreme things thought tion true truth unconscious unity Universe Virgil Western civilisation whole wisdom words writes