Virgil, the blind guide [electronic resource] : marking the way through the Divine Comedy / Lloyd H. Howard.
Howard, Lloyd.
2010
PQ4410.V5 H69 2010eb
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Title Virgil, the blind guide [electronic resource] : marking the way through the Divine Comedy / Lloyd H. Howard.
Author Howard, Lloyd.
ISBN 9780773536555
0773536558
9780773582569 electronic book
Publication Details Montreal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010.
Language English
Language Note In English with some Italian.
Description viii, 247 p.
Call Number PQ4410.V5 H69 2010eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 851/.1
Summary Using hidden linguistic configurations, explores the issue of Virgil's authority in the Divine comedy as compared to other poets, guides, and demons.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-240) and index.
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