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Reed Doob, Penelope, author.

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

Publication Info.	Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
	©1992

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Description	1 online resource : 26 halftones
	text txt rdacontent
	computer c rdamedia
	online resource cr rdacarrier
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Series	Online access: De Gruyter De Gruyter Open Books.
Contents	Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Plates -- Acknowledgments: Four Labyrinths -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Charting the Maze -- PART ONE. The Labyrinth in the Classical and Early Christian Periods -- CHAPTER ONE. The Literary Witness: Labyrinths in Pliny, Virgil, and Ovid -- CHAPTER. TWO. The Labyrinth as Significant Form: Two Paradigms -- CHAPTER THREE. A Taxonomy of Metaphorical Labyrinths -- PART TWO. The Labyrinth in the Middle Ages -- CHAPTER FOUR. Etymologies and Verbal Implications -- CHAPTER FIVE. Mazes in Medieval Art and Architecture -- CHAPTER SIX. Moral Labyrinths in Medieval Literature -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Textual Labyrinths: Toward a Labyrinthine Aesthetic -- PART THREE. Labyrinths of Words: Central Texts and I ntertextualities -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Virgil's Aeneid -- CHAPTER NINE. Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy -- CHAPTER TEN. Dante's Divine Comedy -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Chaucer's House of Fame -- APPENDIX. Labyrinths in Manuscripts -- Index
Language	In English.
Note	Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019).
Summary	Ancient and medieval labyrinths embody paradox, according to Penelope Reed Doob. Their structure allows a double perspective-the baffling, fragmented prospect confronting the maze-treader within ...
Subject	Labyrinths in literature.
	Classical literature -- History and criticism.
	Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
	Labyrinths in art.
	Labyrinthes dans la littérature.
	Littérature ancienne -- Histoire et critique.
	Littérature médiévale -- Histoire et critique.
	Labyrinthes dans l'art.
	LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
	Classical literature
	Labyrinths in art
	Labyrinths in literature
	Literature, Medieval
Genre/Form	dictionaries.
	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
	Dictionaries.
	Dictionnaires.
ISBN	9781501738463
	1501738461
	9781501738456
	1501738453
Standard No.	10.7591/9781501738463 doi
	AU@ 000072370254
	AU@ 000074148713