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/library/oar/handle/123456789/128019| Title: | 'Admirable for conciseness and vigour' : Dante and romantic epic |
| Authors: | O'Neill, Michael |
| Keywords: | Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Inferno -- Criticism and interpretation Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Criticism and interpretation Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia -- Criticism and interpretation English literature -- 18th century |
| Issue Date: | 2009 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Institute of Anglo-Italian Studies |
| Citation: | O'Neill, M. (2009). 'Admirable for conciseness and vigour' : Dante and romantic epic. Journal of Anglo-Italian Studies, 10, 15-27. |
| Abstract: | 'Onward he moved, I close his steps pursued': the final line of the first canto of the Inferno (132) describes the pilgrim following Virgil, his guide.1 It might also serve as an epigraph for the close pursuit of Dante in Romantic epic poetry. Even Wordsworth, who later in life (in 1824) was abruptly dismissive of a poet he had not read for many years, finding him on re-reading 'tedious from many causes,' concedes that 'his style I used to think admirable for conciseness and vigour, without abruptness. [excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/128019 |
| ISSN: | 15602168 |
| Appears in Collections: | Journal of Anglo-Italian Studies, vol. 10 |
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