This article highlights some of the bold and innovative ideas presented in Teodolinda Barolini's The Undivine Comedy. It examines the question of the veracity or otherwise of the poem according to Dante and according to some of his authoritative interpreters. It then explores the importance of The Undivine Comedy and other works by Barolini for understanding the narrative modes employed by Dante. In so doing, it defines the special status, neither true nor false, of his major work.

Teodolinda Barolini and the Signs of Newness in The Undivine Comedy

Alberto Casadei
2025-01-01

Abstract

This article highlights some of the bold and innovative ideas presented in Teodolinda Barolini's The Undivine Comedy. It examines the question of the veracity or otherwise of the poem according to Dante and according to some of his authoritative interpreters. It then explores the importance of The Undivine Comedy and other works by Barolini for understanding the narrative modes employed by Dante. In so doing, it defines the special status, neither true nor false, of his major work.
2025
Casadei, Alberto
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