Medievalists.net » Divine Comedy http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 ‘That melodious linguist’: Birds in Medieval Christian and Islamic Cosmography http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/melodious-linguist-birds-medieval-christian-islamic-cosmography/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/melodious-linguist-birds-medieval-christian-islamic-cosmography/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2014 15:32:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51820 “Birds,” writes Albertus Magnus, “generally call more than other animals. This is due to the lightness of their spirits.”

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/melodious-linguist-birds-medieval-christian-islamic-cosmography/feed/ 0 Sylvia Plath’s Use of Dantean Structure http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/10/sylvia-plaths-use-of-dantean-structure/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/10/sylvia-plaths-use-of-dantean-structure/#comments Tue, 10 Dec 2013 23:31:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45674 Many people have remarked on the genius of Sylvia Plath's poetry. However, it has come to my attention that Plath has been grossly misunderstood by her critics, such as the famous critic, Harold Bloom who left Plath out of his book The Western Canon.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/10/sylvia-plaths-use-of-dantean-structure/feed/ 0 The Virtuous Pagan in Middle English Literature http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/14/the-virtuous-pagan-in-middle-english-literature/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/14/the-virtuous-pagan-in-middle-english-literature/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:49:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35672 From the first through the fourteenth centuries, a succession of solutions to the problem of these virtuous pagans evolved. For the Early Church, an attractive solution was that Christ descended into Hell to convert the souls he found there.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/14/the-virtuous-pagan-in-middle-english-literature/feed/ 0 Jerusalem in Medieval Christian Thought http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/29/jerusalem-in-medieval-christian-thought/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/29/jerusalem-in-medieval-christian-thought/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:21:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=31392 In the prophetic tradition, the dwelling of God is understood as a spiritual one. Yet, in spite of the expressed manner in which Jerusalem was called The Holy City, an element of imperfection remained.

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