SourceA. E. in the Fairy-Faith
The poet A. E. supplies a visionary language for the Otherworld.
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Adam in Paradise Lost
The human host and questioner whose garden life receives angelic instruction.
John Milton, Paradise Lost
Adolphe Willette
Willette’s cover for Paul Delmet’s Nouvelles Chansons appears among the book’s French designs.
Poster and book-cover design in The Modern Poster (1895)
SourceAlberigo and the Frozen Tears
The speaker who requests relief from the ice over his eyes but does not receive it.
Dante, Inferno
Albertus Magnus
The scholar whom Redgrove places in his alchemical history while questioning the authenticity of attributed alchemical works.
Medieval learning, Redgrove's historical account
Alessio of Lucca among the Flatterers
The recognised speaker who attributes his place in the second ditch to excessive flattery.
Dante, Inferno
SourceAnanda
The disciple who pleads for women’s admission and grieves at Buddha’s final departure.
Buddhist traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
SourceArianrod
The mother who places conditions on Llew’s name, arms and marriage.
The Mabinogion, Guest’s 1877 edition
Arjuna
The Pandava archer whose skill and moral hesitation make him central to the Mahabharata.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceArthur in the Mabinogion
The courtly ruler whose household gathers the companions and quests of Guest’s Welsh romances.
The Mabinogion, Guest’s 1877 edition
Aubrey Beardsley
The Modern Poster reproduces Beardsley’s Bodley Head design and his Avenue Theatre announcement.
Poster and book-cover design in The Modern Poster (1895)
Beatrice, Dante’s Heavenly Guide
The woman whose recognition leads through confession towards the celestial journey.
Dante, Purgatory and Paradise
Belacqua
The familiar spirit whose delayed repentance becomes a long wait beneath the rock.
Dante, Purgatory and Paradise
Benkei
The powerful warrior and companion of Yoshitsune portrayed in Davis's cycle of heroic legends.
Japanese heroic legend, Davis retellingBernard, Dante’s Final Guide
The elder who directs Dante’s last attention towards Mary and the ultimate vision.
Dante, Purgatory and Paradise
Bertran de Born’s Speaking Head
The head-bearing speaker who explains his division through a division he claims to have caused.
Dante, InfernoSourceBhagiratha
The royal descendant whose persistence brings Ganga to his ancestors’ ashes.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceBharata
The brother who refuses to profit from Rama’s exile and waits for his return.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceBhima
The powerful Pandava whose rivalry with Duryodhana turns display towards violence.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceBhishma
The royal elder whose obligations connect the rival houses of the Mahabharata.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
Bocca’s Refusal to Give His Name
The frozen speaker identified by another voice after resisting Dante’s demands.
Dante, InfernoSourceBranca Doria’s Apparently Living Body
The named example used to explain a body functioning above while its soul is already below.
Dante, InfernoSourceBranwen
The princess whose marriage alliance becomes the centre of a catastrophe between two islands.
The Mabinogion, Guest’s 1877 edition
Buonconte da Montefeltro's Final Tear
A last invocation and tear decide the fate of a dying fighter in the poem.
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