- A South African Convivio with Dante
- Edited by Sonia Fanucchi, Anita Virga
Dante’s Journey Through Our Lives: Reading La Commedia in Post-Apartheid South Africa
- Giovanna Trento
- © 2021 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/978-88-5518-458-8.06
By appropriating the notions of journey and exile—that are at the core of Dante’s life and work—the texts we are examining in this publication are able to refer to/relate to the conditions of exile, exclusion, and segregation that were proper to Apartheid and still affect post-Apartheid South Africa. The works of Erich Auerbach and Franco Fortini (who unexpectedly in the 1980s accepted an invitation of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg) help us to read these texts within the wider frame of 20th and early 21st interpretations and rereading of Dante’s Commedia.
- Keywords:
- Dante Alighieri,
- Post-Apatheid South Africa,
- Apartheid,
- Franco Fortini,
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Chapter Information
Chapter Title
Dante’s Journey Through Our Lives: Reading La Commedia in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Authors
Giovanna Trento
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-458-8.06
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2021
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© 2021 Author(s)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title
A South African Convivio with Dante
Book Subtitle
Born Frees’ Interpretations of the Commedia
Editors
Sonia Fanucchi, Anita Virga
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
212
Publication Year
2021
Copyright Information
© 2021 Author(s)
Content License
Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-458-8
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-457-1
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-458-8
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919