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...
| Published in: | Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Vol. 112; no. 4; pp. 155 - 174 |
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| Format: | Poetry Review |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
2023
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| Summary: | 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. |
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