Dante and Milton: The Commedia and Paradise LostIn this book the author compares the works of Dante and Milton, citing their similarities in the use of language, imagery, theme, and method. |
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Page 96
... emphasis to Cicero's brief dis- tinction , and his commentators call attention to it as a main structural feature of Inferno . Daniello deals with it at length ; and in Mazzoni's Difesa as Milton knew it , the passage is dis- cussed ...
... emphasis to Cicero's brief dis- tinction , and his commentators call attention to it as a main structural feature of Inferno . Daniello deals with it at length ; and in Mazzoni's Difesa as Milton knew it , the passage is dis- cussed ...
Page 97
... emphasis . Dante defines degrees of evil geographically ; incontinence in the upper , outermost circles of Hell ; violence within the walled city ; fraudulence far below in Malebolge . Indeed , such gulfs separate the three parts that ...
... emphasis . Dante defines degrees of evil geographically ; incontinence in the upper , outermost circles of Hell ; violence within the walled city ; fraudulence far below in Malebolge . Indeed , such gulfs separate the three parts that ...
Page 186
... emphasis in Eden falls on sensuous pleasures , Milton's Heaven delights the senses as fully , though with less emphasis because other faculties have wider scope . In their lives as in their natures , angel and man in Paradise Lost ...
... emphasis in Eden falls on sensuous pleasures , Milton's Heaven delights the senses as fully , though with less emphasis because other faculties have wider scope . In their lives as in their natures , angel and man in Paradise Lost ...
Contents
Purgatorio and the Dream of Eve | 3 |
Satan and the Diminisht Stars | 14 |
The Sport of Winds | 85 |
Copyright | |
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Adam and Eve Adam's assert Beatrice Beatrice's behold Buommattei Cacciaguida Canto Capaneus church climactic Commedia and Paradise Commonplace Book Convivio created creature Daniello Dante and Milton Dante's Dante's Hell Dantean Death Difesa divine doctrine dream earth Earthly Paradise echoes elaborate emphasis epic epic poetry eternal Eve's evil fall fame fraud Gabriel Geryon God's happiness hath Heaven heavenly human impressed Inferno invocation Ithuriel less light Lucifer Lycidas man's matter Mazzoni meaning Michael Milton's angels Milton's Hell nature noted Paradise Lost Paradiso 27 parallels passage perfect phrase poem poet poetic poetry political praise proems Purg Purga Purgatorio Raphael reader realm reason recalls redeemed relation Renaissance resembles Satan scene serpent sight simile Smectymnuus song speak speech stars suggests T. S. Eliot thee theme things thir thou turn universe Uriel Virgil vision war in Heaven whole words Zephon