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INTERESTING WWW SITES FOR UNIT 4

Dr. Diane Thompson

  NVCC, ELI

Dante and Others: poetry and prose

 Paola and Franscesca da Rimini: Rossetti paints them in love and in hell.
Dante Homepage Amores [Ovid]: Translated by Christopher Marlowe; a major text in the ancient tradition of the passion of love.
Digital Dante International Marie de France Society
Great Books Index: Dante: links to etexts  Eliduc: by Marie de France; the story that most closely follows Andrew's "rules of love"
Dante and Virgil: A Study of Poetry, Language and History Lanval: by Marie de France; a knight beloved by a Fairy Queen.
"The Uncanonical Dante: The Divine Comedy And Islamic Philosophy: An essay by Paul A. Cantor The Lais of Marie de France: a Wikipedia site; much good information, but be careful....it is not always edited by experts.
Meeting of Dante and Beatrice in Paradise: by Rossetti Giovanni Boccaccio: from Wikipedia
The Secret History of Virgil: Virgil as a magician Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
Knighthood, Chivalry and Tournaments  Decameron Web: a thorough site from Brown University
The Historical Reenactment Site  Art of the Middle Ages
Lessons for a Woman  Chinese Cultural Studies: Ban Zhao Pan Chao (c. 80 CE) Amiens Cathedral: photo images and computer-graphics
Troy Web Site: Romance The Popul Vuh: an etext; translated by Lewis Spence

(c) Thompson: 07/10/2007