Interpreting Dante’s 'Commedia': Competing Approaches

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dc.contributor.authorCorbett, George
dc.date2023-05-18T00:51:58.000
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-22T12:33:14Z
dc.date.available2021-06-22T00:00:00Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-12
dc.date.submitted2021-06-22T10:56:08-07:00
dc.description.abstractThis article first addresses the emphasis on the truth of the literal sense of Dante’s Commedia in twentieth-century scholarship, whether the poem is conceived as a mystical vision (Bruno Nardi, 1884-1968), figural fulfillment (Erich Auerbach, 1892-1957), or allegory of the theologians (Charles S. Singleton, 1909-1985; and Robert Hollander, 1933-2021). Secondly, it analyses the interpretative approach of the French Dominican scholars Pierre Mandonnet (1858-1936) and Joachim Berthier (1848-1924), who draw on symbolic theology (and the four senses of Scripture) but, unlike Singleton and Hollander, insist that the literal sense of the poem is a “beautiful lie.” Thirdly, it shows how literalist approaches underpin key twentieth-century discussions of Dante’s theology, contribute to broader secularizing trends in Dante Studies, and represent a rupture with the seven-hundred-year-long commentary tradition on the poem as a whole.
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dc.source.journalBibliotheca Dantesca: Journal of Dante Studies
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dc.subject.otherDante
dc.subject.otherCommedia
dc.subject.otherTheology
dc.subject.otherHermeneutics
dc.subject.otherInterpretation
dc.subject.otherAllegory
dc.subject.otherBruno Nardi
dc.subject.otherErich Auerbach
dc.subject.otherCharles S. Singleton
dc.subject.otherRobert Hollander
dc.subject.otherPierre Man-donnet
dc.subject.otherJoachim Berthier
dc.subject.otherItalian Language and Literature
dc.subject.otherMedieval Studies
dc.titleInterpreting Dante’s 'Commedia': Competing Approaches
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