Keen, C;
(2017)
"A local habitation and a name": origins and identity in Purgatorio XIV.
L'Alighieri
, 49
(1)
pp. 69-90.
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Abstract
This lectura of Purgatorio XIV investigates the socio-political aspects of the canto, reviewing the way that it engages with historically and geographically specific details, yet draws from them universal conclusions. It explores Dante’s strategic use of proper names – personal, dynastic, topographical – to scrutinize the political morality of the two regions he knew so well. The essay moves on to investigate the juncture between matters of individual and collective identity using the prism of speech and language, and turns to Dante’s regional surveys within De vulgari eloquentia as well as in Purgatorio XIV, to show how the canto’s proliferation of local minutiae is purposefully deployed to build sustained reflection on matters of personal, community, and ethical identity.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | "A local habitation and a name": origins and identity in Purgatorio XIV |
| Location: | Italy |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.longo-editore.it/scheda_libro.php?id=15... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > SELCS |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1549795 |
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