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Metaphor in Dante (Paperback)
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Metaphor in Dante (Paperback)
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In the sixteenth century, when Dante's critical fortunes were at
their lowest ebb, his use of metaphor was still considered
remarkable enough to describe him as a 'poeta metaforcissimo'.
David Gibbon's book, which takes its title from this epithet, seeks
to account for the specifically Dantean nature of that genius which
Aristotle said was the mark of those who used the metaphor well.
Probing first the relationship between theory and practice, Gibbons
offers a working definition of metaphor based on those available to
the poet himself, and looks at Dante's earliest metaphorical
efforts in his lyric poetry. The heart of thos book is an analysis
of the metaphor in the Paradiso, by common consent the most
metaphorical poetry Dante ever wrote. (Legenda 2003)
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