The Idea of the Labyrinth from Classical Antiquity through the Middle Ages

The Idea of the Labyrinth from Classical Antiquity through the Middle Ages

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, and the comprehensive vision available to those without. Mazes simultaneously assert order and chaos, ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Doob, Penelope Reed (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press 1990.
Subjects:
Labyrinths in art.
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Classical literature > History and criticism.
Labyrinths in literature.
Electronic books.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009419757206719
Table of 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

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