TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reed Doob,Penelope
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - The Idea of the Labyrinth from Classical Antiquity through the Middle Ages / 
SN  - 9781501738470
PY  - 1990///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Literatur
KW  - swd
KW  - Labyrinth (Motiv)
KW  - Geschichte
KW  - Literature, Medieval
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - nli
KW  - Labyrinths in literature
KW  - Labyrinths in art
KW  - Classical literature
KW  - gnd
KW  - Labyrinth
KW  - Motiv
KW  - fast
KW  - Literatura medieval
KW  - Historia y crítica
KW  - embne
KW  - Arte medieval
KW  - Laberintos
KW  - En la literatura
KW  - En el arte
KW  - Labyrinthes dans l'art
KW  - Labyrinthes dans la litterature
KW  - Litterature medievale
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - Litterature ancienne
KW  - Litterature medievale - Histoire et critique
KW  - Litterature ancienne - Histoire et critique
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - 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; Open Access
N2  - Reconstructs the idea of the labyrinth from the classical period through the Middle Ages, using a variety of literary and visual sources
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/68526/
ER  -