The poetics of disguise
Subtitle: the autobiography of the work in Homer, Dante, and Shakespeare
By: Franco Ferrucci ; translated by Ann Dunnigan.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng; ita
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Homer -- Criticism and interpretation; Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Literature -- History and criticism; Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism
Notes: Bibliography: p. 169-175.
"Some of the material ... was originally published in Italian in essay form; it has been thoroughly revised for the English version."
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The shield of Achilleus.; title: The return of Odysseus.; title: The meeting with Geryon.; title: The two poetics of the Commedia.; title: Macbeth and the imitation of evil.; title: Literary models and the autobiography of the work.