The Idea of the Labyrinth from Classical Antiquity through the Middle Ages / Penelope Reed Doob.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1990Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019Copyright date: ©1990Description: 1 online resource (378 pages): illustrationsContent type:
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  • online resource
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  • 9781501738470
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Contents:
Part one: The labyrinth in the classical and early Christian periods -- Part two: The labyrinth in the middle ages -- Part three: Labyrinth of words: central texts and intertextualities.
List of plates -- Acknowledgments: Four labyrinths -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Charting the maze -- The Cretan labyrinth myth -- Part one. The labyrinth in the classical and early Christian periods. The literary witness: Labyrinths in Pliny, Virgil, and Ovid. The labyrinth as significant form: Two paradigms -- A taxonomy of metaphorical labyrinths -- Part two: The labyrinth in the middle ages. Etymologies and verbal implications -- Mazes in medieval art and architecture -- Moral labyrinths in medieval literature -- Textual labyrinths: Toward a labyrinthine aesthetic -- Part three: Labyrinths of words: Central texts and intertextualities. Virgil's Aenid -- Boethius's Consolation of philosophy -- Dante's Divine comedy -- Chaucer's House of fame -- Appendix: Labyrinths in manuscripts -- Index.
Summary: Reconstructs the idea of the labyrinth from the classical period through the Middle Ages, using a variety of literary and visual sources.
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Part one: The labyrinth in the classical and early Christian periods -- Part two: The labyrinth in the middle ages -- Part three: Labyrinth of words: central texts and intertextualities.

List of plates -- Acknowledgments: Four labyrinths -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Charting the maze -- The Cretan labyrinth myth -- Part one. The labyrinth in the classical and early Christian periods. The literary witness: Labyrinths in Pliny, Virgil, and Ovid. The labyrinth as significant form: Two paradigms -- A taxonomy of metaphorical labyrinths -- Part two: The labyrinth in the middle ages. Etymologies and verbal implications -- Mazes in medieval art and architecture -- Moral labyrinths in medieval literature -- Textual labyrinths: Toward a labyrinthine aesthetic -- Part three: Labyrinths of words: Central texts and intertextualities. Virgil's Aenid -- Boethius's Consolation of philosophy -- Dante's Divine comedy -- Chaucer's House of fame -- Appendix: Labyrinths in manuscripts -- Index.

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Reconstructs the idea of the labyrinth from the classical period through the Middle Ages, using a variety of literary and visual sources.

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