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Divine Comedy

SOURCE: The Conversation
9/7/2021

Giving the Women of the Divine Comedy their Due

by Laura Ingallinella

One scholar's project is using Wikipedia and her students to recover the historical personhood of Dante's women and elevate them above literary symbols or caricatures.

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Divine Comedy

Giving the Women of the Divine Comedy their Due

by Laura Ingallinella