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The Idea of the Labyrinth: From Classical Antiquity Through the Middle Ages by Penelope Reed Doob is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Idea of the Labyrinth: From Classical Antiquity Through the Middle Ages about?
The author guides the steps of the reader-wanderer trough the inextricability of a western cultures central idea. The book is focused in textual labyrinths and philosophical mazes. Original and audacious application of the idea of the labyrinth to medieval literary theory enligthens the paths that leads from Virgil, Chaucer, Dante or Boethius through our very times -if the reader takes Reed Doob's Thread of Ariadne and continues her pioneer Daedalian adventure.
Who reads The Idea of the Labyrinth: From Classical Antiquity Through the Middle Ages?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Penelope Reed Doob
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781501738470
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- History, Poetry, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5 (82 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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