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Dantean Journeys: The Motif of Meeting the Dead in Modern Poetry ...
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It seems almost odd that a poet as remote, historically, linguistically, and philosophically, as Dante should maintain so pervasive an influence on modern poetry in English, by which we may comprehend the work of romantic, modernist, and contemporary poets. And yet it is easily demonstrable that Dante, a poet with medieval religious beliefs, an elaborately allegorical method, and an Italian system of versification difficult to transpose into English, has been an intimate and profound influence on poets as diverse as Shelley, Dante Rossetti, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Allen Tate, James Merrill, and Wendell Berry. Indeed, Eliot went so far as to recommend Dante as a “universal school of style” (228), a better model for English poets than such native luminaries as Shakespeare and Milton. The nature of Dante’s actual influence varies from case to case, and ranges from attempts at “Englishing” terza rima to imitations of the grand structure of the Commedia. In the case of poets like Eliot and Tate, it may extend ...
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Berry, Wendell, 1934-; Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321; Eliot, T. S. Thomas Stearns, 1888-1965; English and American Poetry; Merrill, James, 1926-1995; Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972; Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882; Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822; Tate, Allen, 1899-1979
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URL: https://scholarship.libraries.rutgers.edu/esploro/outputs/journalArticle/991031549941604646
https://dx.doi.org/10.7282/t3mw2m9w
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Doing Other Things with Texts: The Use of Electronic Resources in Revising the OED ...
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Raising the Titanic: Prospects for Reviving the Century Dictionary ...
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The Legacy of Babel: Language in Jean Renoir's Grand Illusion
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