The Proserpinean Metamyth: Claudian's De Raptu Proserpinae and Alan of Lille's Anticlaudianus

The following discussion introduces a new structure derived from the interaction and interrelationship of several works of literature. Such a structure derives from a comparative or analytic insight present long before the appearance of either literary product. This superstructure exploited by poets of the classical period and the Middle Ages suggests an evolutionary development of myth. For this reason the superstructure is called a "metamyth."