Dante's Epic Journeys / David Thompson.

• Author: Thompson, David, 1938-
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 83 pages).)
• Notes: The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No derivatives 4.0 International License; Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.; Originally published as Johns Hopkins Press in 1974

This 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 Ulyss...