Title The rose and geryon : the poetics of fraud and violence in Jean de Meun and Dante / Gabriella I. Baika

Published Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction -- The verbal sin as a cultural construct -- From Jean de Meun's multidiscursive dispersal to Dante's system of sins -- Lingua dolosa, "the guileful tongue": speaking under the sign of fraud -- Blasphemy and the poetics of violence -- Conclusion Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Ethics Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia. Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305 -- Ethics Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230. Roman de la rose. SUBJECT Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 fast Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305 fast Divina commedia (Dante Alighieri) fast Roman de la rose (Guillaume, de Lorris) fast Subject Ethics in literature. Vices in literature. Language and languages in literature. Rhetoric, Medieval. Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- General. POETRY -- Continental European. Ethics Ethics in literature Language and languages in literature Literature, Medieval Rhetoric, Medieval Vices in literature Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780813226101 0813226104

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