Dante's linguistic detail in Shelley's Triumph of Life

Anita O'Connell

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Abstract

In her article "Dante's Linguistic Detail in Shelley's Triumph of Life" Anita O'Connell analyzes Shelley's attention to detail in Dante's poetic style and presents a close textual analysis of the ways Shelley draws on the beauty of Dante's texts. When Dante's Divine Comedy re-emerged into the public sphere in Britain through Henry Cary's 1814 translation, his reputation was as a stern, dark, Medieval poet and readers and writers alike shared a love of the perceived gothicism particularly of The Inferno. Shelley, however, differed from this general view of Dante: despite the grotesque descriptions in his Triumph of Life, Shelley draws most upon the delicate beauty and attention to detail he finds in Dante's texts.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-9
JournalCLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
Volume13
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2011

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