Degree Type
Thesis
Date of Award
1989
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
English
Abstract
In The Banquet Dante Alighieri described the "senses" in which a text might be expounded and understood. The immediate and common sense was the literal; the remaining senses were the allegorical, the moral, and the anagogic, or spiritual. A text could be meaningful on all four levels, but the highest and ultimately most valued sense was the spiritual. For Dante the world itself was symbolic, pointing to a greater truth beyond it.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31274/rtd-180813-6218
Publisher
Digital Repository @ Iowa State University, http://lib.dr.iastate.edu
Copyright Owner
Diana J. Swanson
Copyright Date
1989
Language
en
Date Available
March 4, 2013
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Swanson, Diana J., "Born too far into life: the metaphor of the bee in Walden" (1989). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 21.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/21
