Woman Earthly and Divine in the Comedy of Dante (eBook)

Marianne Shapiro (Autor)

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2021
188 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-8663-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This study examines all the characterizations of the female personality in the Divine Comedy, including representations of things traditionally categorized as feminine. Marianne Shapiro treats different traditional feminine roles such as wife, lover, and mother, and places Beatrice in the latter group. The problem of woman is studied within the general context of medieval literature. Shapiro's conclusions center largely upon Dante's adherence to a generally misogynistic tradition. While in his earlier works his concept of woman was as a comprehensive whole encompassing good and evil, in the Comedy polarities are established and affirmed.

Autor

Marianne Shapiro is associate professor of Italian at Yale University.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.10.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Romance Languages
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Romance Languages
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Romance Languages
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: Beatrice • Dante • Dante Alighieri • Divine Comedy • Francesca da Rimini • Guido Cavalcanti • Guido Guinizelli • Inferno • Italian Literature • Paradiso • Purgatorio • purgatory • Terrestrial Paradise • Virgil • Vita Nuova • Women in Literature
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-8663-3 / 0813186633
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-8663-4 / 9780813186634