附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-214) and index.
Part I: Vergil: the easy descent from Avernus -- Fatum, fama, infandum -- Homer's Nekuia and Vergil's Descent -- Aeneas and the ferryman -- The discourse of fate -- Part II: Dante: language and history -- The Commedia and the classical tradition -- Vergil's missing name -- The language of the tribe -- Beyond the classical tradition -- Part III: Milton: traditions and the individual talent -- The reluctant speaker -- Metaphor, naming, and presumption -- The lower deep withing the lowest deep -- The compulsion to repeat.
