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Dante's influence on Shelley's Prometheus Unbound
| Title: | Dante's influence on Shelley's Prometheus Unbound. |
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| Name(s): |
Tunis, Alisa Faraci, Mary, Thesis advisor Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Department of English |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Created: | Spring 2012 | |
| Date Issued: | 2012 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: | Online Resource | |
| Extent: | 60 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | Although the critic C. S. Lewis observes there is an allusive relationship between the final cantos of Dante‟s Purgatory and the third act of Shelley‟s Prometheus Unbound, no detailed analysis of Dante‟s language in Purgatory XXX and XXXI as a specific influence on Shelley‟s construction of imaginary realms in Acts II and III of the lyrical drama Prometheus Unbound exists. In this study, I will show how Shelley borrows from Dante‟s language in Purgatory XXX and XXXI, especially Dante‟s preoccupation with the cold as a form of punishment, to create the feeling of oppression and then liberation, in Acts II and III, respectively, of Prometheus Unbound to aid Shelley in his construction of imaginary realms. Shelley also uses Dantean allusions from Paradise, specifically Dante‟s descriptions of light and music, to help him create a feeling of joy and liberation as he creates a paradise on earth in Act IV of Prometheus Unbound. | |
| Identifier: | FA00004260 (IID) | |
| Note(s): |
Includes bibliography. Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2012. |
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| Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library | |
| Sublocation: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004260 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | All rights reserved by the source institution | |
| Restrictions on Access: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
