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From: Dante and the Origins of Italian Literary Culture[(essay date 2000) In the following essay, originally published in 2000, Barolini focuses on Dante's notion of hell, which she argues derives from the ideas of Aristotle, St. Augustine, and Thomas Aquinas, but which...
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From: Dante Studies[(essay date 1966) In the following essay, Freccero examines Canto I of the Inferno and suggests that the dark wood in which Dante finds himself resembles the “region of unlikeness” described by Saint Augustine of Hippo...
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From: Comitatus[(essay date 2008) In the following essay, Bowen analyzes how Dante attempted to reconcile the Virgilian erotic/stoic dichotomy, as manifested in the character of Dido, through his use of pazïenza as an erotic,...
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From: Dante's Hermeneutics of Salvation: Passages to Freedom in the Divine Comedy[(essay date 2007) In the following excerpt, Baur examines the Commedia as "Dante's poetic account of his conversion," emphasizing the importance of his learning to interpret himself and the world correctly, as well as...
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From: American Poetry Review[(essay date 2005) In the following essay, originally published in 2005, Stewart suggests that Dante's approach to poetry in general, and to the Commedia in particular, is that of the poet undergoing a series of...
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From: Romance Quarterly[(essay date summer 2007) In the following essay, Kleinhenz examines how Dante's citation of other works in the Commedia guides the reader in particular ways that reveal the meaning Dante wishes to convey.] In the...
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From: Dante and the Unorthodox: The Aesthetics of Transgression[(essay date 2005) In the following essay, Lund-Mead contends that Dante inverts gender identities of the lustful sinners in his account in the Inferno, implicitly identifying himself with the character of Dido and...
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From: American Poetry Review[(essay date January/February 2008) In the following essay, Balakian comments on Italian author Primo Levi's account of how a passage from Canto 26 of the Inferno helped him during his imprisonment in the Auschwitz...
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From: Philological Quarterly[(essay date 1983) In the following essay, Noakes suggests that traditional interpretations of the episode of Paolo and Francesca, which assume that Francesca’s remarks constitute an indictment of literature, are...
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From: Dante on View: The Reception of Dante in the Visual and Performing Arts[(essay date 2007) In the following essay, Wagstaff presents an overview of Dante's influence on film from the point of view of cinematographers' attempts to adapt and interpret his works.] Value in aesthetic and...
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From: PMLA[(essay date 1945) In the following essay, Gilbert debunks the mathematical precision some commentators ascribe to Dante’s hell. He notes several cases of charts and schema purporting to give exact plan and dimension...
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From: Italica[(essay date 1982) In the following essay, Ryan provides a close examination of the episode in which Vergil attempts to negotiate safe passage through the eighth circle of hell. Ryan’s interpretation of Canto XXI...
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From: Logos[(essay date winter 2007) In the following essay, Enright compares Dante's idea of beauty in the Commedia with that of St. Augustine in the Confessions, noting that after their respective conversion experiences, each...
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From: Representations[(essay date 1991) In the following essay, Pequigney examines the treatment of sodomy in the Inferno, where it is portrayed as a sin of violence (against nature), and in the Purgatorio, where it is described as a sin of...
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From: Annali D'Italianistica[(essay date 2007) In the following essay, Hawkins discusses Dante's theological innovations in the Commedia, focusing on the figure of Beatrice as a female Christ and on the salvific power of the smile.] It is...
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From: Dante and His Literary Precursors: Twelve Essays[(essay date 2007) In the following essay, Press considers the ways in which Dante “metamorphoses” his classical literary sources, focusing her discussion on the episode of Pier della Vigne and Dante’s use of material...
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From: Understanding Dante[(essay date 2004) In the following essay, Scott notes Dante's reliance on numerous pagan classical authors (despite the fact that he was first and foremost a Christian poet) in composing his works and discusses his...
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From: Southwest Review[(essay date 2008) In the following essay, Domini presents a fresh evaluation of the significance of the Commedia in the twenty-first century, emphasizing that Dante's progress on his spiritual journey depends on his...
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From: Dante: Summa Medievalis: Proceedings of the Symposium of the Center for Italian Studies, SUNY Stony Brook[(essay date 1995) In the following essay, Contrada surveys a decade of scholarly discussion regarding the interpretation of Brunetto’s appearance in the Inferno. Contrada summarizes the ideas of three authors who accept...
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From: Logos[(essay date fall 2004) In the following essay, Enright stresses that for Dante, sin is always tied to confession and forgiveness in the Commedia and his other writings, and she draws a lesson for the modern church...