This work is a guide to the reading of Dante's great poem, intended for the use of students and laymen, particularly those who are approaching the "Inferno "for the first time. While carefully pointing out the uniqueness, tone, and color of each of Dante's thirty-four cantos, Fowlie never loses sight of the continuity of the poet's discourse. Each canto is related thematically to others, and the rich web of symbols is displayed and disentangled as the poem's unity, patterns, and structures are revealed.What particularly distinguishes Wallace Fowlie's reading of the "Inferno" is his emphasis...
This work is a guide to the reading of Dante's great poem, intended for the use of students and laymen, particularly those who are approaching the "In...
Ten unusual stories by French literary masters from Voltaire to Camus: -Micromegas- by Voltaire; -The Atheist's Mass- by Balzac; -The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaler- by Flaubert; -Spleen of Paris- by Baudelaire; -Minuet- by de Maupassant; -The Guest- by Camus; and more. Accurate English translations appear on facing pages.
Ten unusual stories by French literary masters from Voltaire to Camus: -Micromegas- by Voltaire; -The Atheist's Mass- by Balzac; -The Legend of St. Ju...
