The circle of our vision : Dante's presence in English romantic poetry /

The sudden and spectacular growth in Dante's popularity in England at the end of the eighteenth century was immensely influential for English writers of the period. But the impact of Dante on English writers has rarely been analysed and its history has been little understood. Byron, Shelley, Ke...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pite, Ralph
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford [England] : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, ©1994.
Series:	UPSO - Oxford University Press E-Books.
Subjects:	Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321 > Influence. Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321. Dante (Alighieri) English poetry > 19th century > History and criticism. English poetry > Italian influences. Romanticism > Great Britain. Poésie anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique. Romantisme > Grande-Bretagne. English poetry. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Romanticism. Great Britain. Intertextualität Lyrik Romantik Romantiek. Gedichten. Engels. Invloed. Geschichte 1790-1830. Geschichte 1798-1832. Englisch. 1800-1899 English poetry Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

1. Introduction: 'The archetype of all modern poetry'
2. Illustrating Dante
3. Coleridge, Dante, and The Friend: Symbols in a Waking Dream
4. The Fall of Hyperion: 'Morti li morti e i vivi parean vivi'
5. 'The Lucifer of that starry flock': Shelley in Purgatorio
6. Byron Turning to Stone.