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... Dante recaptured the spiritual per- fection of the state of innocence . The aim of the rational commen- tary of the Renaissance was to provide a credible , detailed , and his- torically valid interpretation of the literal sense of the ...
... Dante recaptured the spiritual per- fection of the state of innocence . The aim of the rational commen- tary of the Renaissance was to provide a credible , detailed , and his- torically valid interpretation of the literal sense of the ...
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... Dante and Milton is anticipated in the poetry of Statius and Claudian . In the Achilleid , Statius depicts a grove , sacred to the rites of Bacchus , which is so high that it al- most reaches heaven . In the Epithalamium de Nuptiis ...
... Dante and Milton is anticipated in the poetry of Statius and Claudian . In the Achilleid , Statius depicts a grove , sacred to the rites of Bacchus , which is so high that it al- most reaches heaven . In the Epithalamium de Nuptiis ...
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Contents
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3 THE EARLY CHRISTIAN ERA | 38 |
4 THE MIDDLE AGES | 67 |
5 THE HISTORICAL PARADISE OF THE RENAISSANCE | 89 |
6 THE LEGACY OF EDEN | 125 |
7 THE SEARCH FOR PARADISE | 188 |
8 THE NATURAL PARADISE THE CELESTIAL PARADISE AND THE INNER PARADISE | 234 |
9 THE FADING OF PARADISE | 269 |
NOTES | 291 |
INDEX | 319 |
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