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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.

Marianne Shapiro is associate professor of Italian at Yale University.

Publication Date

1975

Publisher

The University Press of Kentucky

Place of Publication

Lexington, KY

ISBN

9780813154879

eISBN

9780813164656

Keywords

Dante Alighieri, Women in literature, Italian literature

Disciplines

Italian Literature

Woman Earthly and Divine in the Comedy of Dante
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