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FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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Contributors
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
1986
Description
Fitzgerald's first novel, This Side of Paradise, is a well
organized and intricately detailed work which uses as its
basic metaphor the middle poem of the Divine Comedy by
Dante Al ighieri. Thematically, structurally, and
symbolically, Fitzgerald's novel parallels Dante's poem,
incorporating the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, the
Mirrors of Narcissus motif, Dante's idea of Amore, and the
symbolic figure of Beatrice. Critics have overlooked Dante
as a source for Fitzgerald's work and therefore have not
adequately explained the thematic concerns of this novel.
organized and intricately detailed work which uses as its
basic metaphor the middle poem of the Divine Comedy by
Dante Al ighieri. Thematically, structurally, and
symbolically, Fitzgerald's novel parallels Dante's poem,
incorporating the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, the
Mirrors of Narcissus motif, Dante's idea of Amore, and the
symbolic figure of Beatrice. Critics have overlooked Dante
as a source for Fitzgerald's work and therefore have not
adequately explained the thematic concerns of this novel.
Language
Type
Form
Extent
94 p.
Subject (Topical)
Identifier
14331
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FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1986.
Date Backup
1986
Date Text
1986
Date Issued (EDTF)
1986
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FAU
FAU
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FADT14331
Issuance
monographic
Organizations
Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
Attributed name: Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Attributed name: Department of English
Person Preferred Name
ARNONE, EUGENE M.
Graduate College
Physical Description
94 p.
application/pdf
Title Plain
AMORY BLAINE AND THE "PURGATORIO" ("THIS SIDE OF PARADISE", "DIVINE COMEDY", FITZGERALD, DANTE)
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Origin Information
1986
monographic
Boca Raton, Fla.
Florida Atlantic University
Physical Location
Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Place
Boca Raton, Fla.
Sub Location
Digital Library
Title
AMORY BLAINE AND THE "PURGATORIO" ("THIS SIDE OF PARADISE", "DIVINE COMEDY", FITZGERALD, DANTE)
Other Title Info
AMORY BLAINE AND THE "PURGATORIO" ("THIS SIDE OF PARADISE", "DIVINE COMEDY", FITZGERALD, DANTE)