Woman Earthly and Divine in the Comedy of Dante (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813154879)

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

Author: Marianne Shapiro
ISBN-10: 0813154871
ISBN-13: 9780813154879
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 188
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d