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- 41: Chaucer's "The House of Fame": The Cultural Nature of Fame
- ... of Fame, yet there remains a definite inconsistency within Chaucer's work. While Chaucer is clearly familiar with many classical writers and their works, such as; Virgil's Aeneid, several works of Ovid , Boccacio and Dante, Chaucer's work raises several questions about the classical writers, the nature of written texts and the complexities of " fame". The term "fame" had a myriad of meanings in Middle English, it could mean "reputation ... within Virgil's narrative. There is always the problem of what can be considered "true",the problems of authenticity and originality remain. These great writers that Chaucer often references, like Virgil, Ovid, Boccacio, Boethius and Dante are 'auctors` who carry great weight and authority, yet , as this is Geffrey's dream he is able to manipulate the events within The House of Fame. Thus Geffrey has the power of both the ... an idea that is prevalent even today. Certainly the academic institutions were still a main factor regarding the formation of the English canon. Like Geffrey and Chaucer who studied classical writers like Virgil, Ovid and Dante, students studied this at school as it was considered the most "valuable" of the texts, again reflecting the "older is better" idea of 'auctoritas`. According to Kaplan and Rose, Dr. Samuel Johnson's Lives ...
- 42: James Joyce
- ... the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzche (1844-1900). Joyce adapted Nietzsche's concept of the Superman in developing his portrait of an artist. Although Joyce rejected the Catholic Church all his life, Reynords, in Joyce and Dante: The Shaping Imagination clams that the Italian poet and the greatest of Catholic poets Dante Alighier (1265-1321) "whose influence pervades all Joyce's writing is never cowed by authority" (Attridge p. 56-57). Perhaps that is why Joyce was attracted to Dante's writing. Of all his literary countryman, the only Irish literary who's left a profound impression on Joyce was that Irish nationalist poet, James Clarence Mangan (1803-1849). In the short story "Araby," ...
- 43: Ode To The West Wind
- ... literally ‘taking in breath’ and wind, breath, soul and inspiration are all identical or related in Hebrew, Latin and Greek. They are all closely related in ‘Ode to a West Wind’. Shelley’s adaptation of Dante’s work is evident throughout most of his writing. In ‘Ode to the West Wind’ it is quite apparent. He was writing this poem in a wood on the outskirts of Arno, near Florence, which is Dante’s hometown. The use of the terza rima poem is Shelley’s most obvious adaptation of Dante and he relies upon Dantesque ideas to write his poetry. The image of the leaves being blown by the wind "like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing"(l.3) depends on the Inferno in Paradiso ...
- 44: T.S. Eliot
- ... s his work started to show some signs of religious beliefs. He was not conscience of this, but evidence was beginning to show in his work. Pound had also turned Eliot onto the works of Dante, and around 1920 he began writing critiques of Dante’s work comparing it to Christianity. Eliot also wrote a critique on William Blake and talked of how Christianity was the underlying meaning of Blake’s works (Margolis, 38). Eliot unknowingly was starting to unleash ... this poem leads the reader to believe that it is one mans quest for love. The reader finds early on that this is not the case with this poem. It opens with a quote from Dante’s book the Inferno. I believe this is used to show Prufrocks mental state as one of being in hell on earth. He is trapped and feels isolated and alone. The first few lines ...
- 45: Geroffrey Chaucer
- ... night, he preferred showers of April, garlands of May, and melody of birds. He is the poet of dawn and spring. 4 He throve on literature, both classic and recent. Ovid, Vergil, Livy, Boethius, Petrarch, Dante, and Jean de Meun are among the authors of whom his pages are generously reminiscent; some of them he converted into living English.5 Literature of the past was frequently captured by word of mouth ... poet encounters a grieving knight in black Gaunt- who describes his love and loss of "good fair White" -Blanche.6 Other dream poems, The House of Fame and Parliament of Fowls show the influence of Dante and of Giovanni Boccaccio, whose works Chaucer probably encountered on his first journey to Italy.2 The unfinished House of Fame gives a humorous account of the poet's frustrating journey in the claws of a giant golden eagle -an idea from Dante- to the palace of the goddess Fame. The Parliament of Fowls reads an inconclusive debate about love among the different classes of birds. All three dream visions, written from about 1373 to about 1385, ...
- 46: Ode To The West Wind
- ... literally taking in breath and wind, breath, soul and inspiration are all identical or related in Hebrew, Latin and Greek. They are all closely related in Ode to a West Wind . Shelley s adaptation of Dante s work is evident throughout most of his writing. In Ode to the West Wind it is quite apparent. He was writing this poem in a wood on the outskirts of Arno, near Florence, which is Dante s hometown. The use of the terza rima poem is Shelley s most obvious adaptation of Dante and he relies upon Dantesque ideas to write his poetry. The image of the leaves being blown by the wind like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing (l.3) depends on the Inferno in Paradiso ...
- 47: Chaucer's "The House of Fame": The Cultural Nature of Fame
- ... of Fame, yet there remains a definite inconsistency within Chaucer's work. While Chaucer is clearly familiar with many classical writers and their works, such as; Virgil's Aeneid, several works of Ovid , Boccacio and Dante, Chaucer's work raises several questions about the classical writers, the nature of written texts and the complexities of " fame". The term "fame" had a myriad of meanings in Middle English, it could mean "reputation ... within Virgil's narrative. There is always the problem of what can be considered "true",the problems of authenticity and originality remain. These great writers that Chaucer often references, like Virgil, Ovid, Boccacio, Boethius and Dante are 'auctors` who carry great weight and authority, yet , as this is Geffrey's dream he is able to manipulate the events within The House of Fame. Thus Geffrey has the power of both the ... an idea that is prevalent even today. Certainly the academic institutions were still a main factor regarding the formation of the English canon. Like Geffrey and Chaucer who studied classical writers like Virgil, Ovid and Dante, students studied this at school as it was considered the most "valuable" of the texts, again reflecting the "older is better" idea of 'auctoritas`. According to Kaplan and Rose, Dr. Samuel Johnson's Lives ...
- 48: Religion The State And Soverei
- ... These books were crude translations of old Greek texts, containing information which would eventually produce the waning of Church authority in the future. The Renaissance marked the beginning of intellectual re-birth. Writers such as Dante, Machiavelli, Guiarccidini, Vitoria, etc., all attempting to reform and some even contest church dominance. Dante in his imaginative work "Inferno" writes of hell which he envision is the pope's final destination. Machiavelli takes a more direct role classifying the actions of a prince to be above morality and ultimately ...
- 49: Stones From The River
- ... are superstitions that, Lucifer tortured pagans and Catholics who had died without confessing their mortal sins, (Hegi 58) are abundant in Hegi s novel. The reader is given references into other literary works such as Dante s Pilgrimage. There is the description of Lucifer used to be an angel before he fell from the sky and became the devil. Purgatory is hot, but not as hot as hell. (Hegi 58) This quote refers to Dante s travel through purgatory before getting to hell where Lucifer awaits him. The other literary reference is to The Bible. There are references to the flood and to the divine fruit related to the story ...
- 50: Candide By Voltaire
- ... to as boring and impudent by the supper guests. In much the same manner Alighieri, in The Divine Comedy, has placed many of his enemies in various circles of Hell. In one instance (page 797), Dante himself pushes one of his political enemies back down into the swampy waters of the river Styx. In Gargantua and Pantagruel, Rabelais mentions a series of text books which are a part of the sort ... It is in this journey that Candide's outlook on life is challenged; he is forced to become less optimistic about this world being the best of all possible worlds. Similarly, in The Divine Comedy, Dante goes on a journey as well; through Hell, Purgatory and Heaven with his guide Virgil. Through his travels he is shown the error of other men's ways, serving to remind him of his own ...
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