Bøker av John Arthos

Originally published in 1963, this is a study of the greatness of Dante, Michelangelo and Milton, and of the differences in the power and effect of their work. This book shows how differing philosophical commitments help explain differences in the character of their greatness.

Originally published in 1956, this study of Spenser's poetry shows how the conceptions of his earlier work in visions and pastorals were of continuing importance to the development of The Faerie Queene. Following on from Bishop Hurd's Letters on Chivalry and Romance, the author discusses the congeniality of romance and allegory.

Presents an analysis of Hans-Georg Gadamer's famous and obscure theme of the verbum interius or 'inner word'. This book offers a history of the idea of the inner word in ancient and medieval thought, its place in German philosophy, and its significance for probing the deepest implications of hermeneutic understanding.