The revelation of imagination
Subtitle: from the Bible and Homer through Virgil and Augustine to Dante
By: William Franke
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Evanston, Illinois
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9780810131194; 9780810131828; 9780810131200
Subjects: Bible as literature; Revelation in literature; Religion and literature
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Involved knowing: on the poetic epistemology of the humanities --; title: Humanities tradition and the Bible --; title: Homer's musings and the divine Muse --; title: Virgil's invention of history as prophecy --; title: Augustine's discovery of reading as revelation --; title: Dante's poetics of revelation --; title: Conclusion. Canonicity, creativity, and the unlimited vision of literature.