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Digital Zine: Ital 347: Out Of Florence, Dante In Exile, Dominic Rago Jan 2022

Digital Zine: Ital 347: Out Of Florence, Dante In Exile, Dominic Rago

Italian 347: Out of Florence: Dante in Exile

No abstract provided.


"Authors On The Hill " Presents Prof. Giovanni Spani, Giovanni Spani Oct 2020

"Authors On The Hill " Presents Prof. Giovanni Spani, Giovanni Spani

Authors on the Hill

Professor Giovanni Spani of the World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Department at the College of the Holy Cross will present his work on Dante's Florence, a multimedia educational app for Android and iOS.


Il Contrapasso Nell’Inferno Di Dante Alighieri: Un’Analisi Del Contrapasso Attraverso Francesca Da Rimini, Conte Ugolino, E Lucifero, Liv Allegra Baker Jan 2020

Il Contrapasso Nell’Inferno Di Dante Alighieri: Un’Analisi Del Contrapasso Attraverso Francesca Da Rimini, Conte Ugolino, E Lucifero, Liv Allegra Baker

CMC Senior Theses

In his Divina Commedia, Dante Alighieri uses the contrapasso as an instrument to administer justice to the sinners in Inferno. The law of the contrapasso mandates that the punishments inflicted upon the sinners in Inferno respect the nature of the sins that they committed on earth. In Dante’s afterlife, the contrapasso is the means to fulfill the sinners’ ultimate destinies, as determined by their terrestrial choices and actions. Though he explicitly uses the term contrapasso only once, the poet invites its application in every circle of the Inferno. This thesis explores the law of the contrapasso in …


Literary Influences On Dante's Use Of Fear In The Commedia, Andrew Pearson Jan 2008

Literary Influences On Dante's Use Of Fear In The Commedia, Andrew Pearson

Presentations

This presentation explores the literary influences that may have guided Dante's use and development of fear reflected and directed by his use of the word paura. These influences include Aristotle, Cicero, St. Augustine, St. Benedict, and St. Thomas Aquinas. The presenter also suggests a distant echo of fear finding its way into John Milton's Paradise Lost.


Macbeth And Ugolino: Another Verdian Encounter With Dante, David Rosen Jan 2001

Macbeth And Ugolino: Another Verdian Encounter With Dante, David Rosen

Verdi Forum

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