Chapter 5: Dialogus de Amicitia Scriptus: Dialogue(s) of Friendship.

The article explores the intertextual connections between poet John Milton's Latin elegiac poem "Mansus" and poet Torquato Tasso's poem "Il Manso, Overo Dell' Amicitia Dialogo," highlighting Milton's deliberate emulation of Tasso's dialogical methodology. Milton's use of the Latinized shorthand "Il...

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Publicado en:Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Vol. 112; no. 4; pp. 155 - 174
Formato: Poetry Review
Publicado: University of Pennsylvania Press 2023
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Sumario:The article explores the intertextual connections between poet John Milton's Latin elegiac poem "Mansus" and poet Torquato Tasso's poem "Il Manso, Overo Dell' Amicitia Dialogo," highlighting Milton's deliberate emulation of Tasso's dialogical methodology. Milton's use of the Latinized shorthand "Il Manso" in the title of his poem mirrors Tasso's titling strategy and potentially underscores the theme of friendship central to both works.