Dante I: The Polis

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Dante Society of America

Organizer Name

Alison Cornish

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Presider Name

Dabney Park

Presider Affiliation

Florida International Univ.

Paper Title 1

Ciacco, Sordello, Justinian, and the Question of Citizenship in the _Divine Comedy_

Presenter 1 Name

Alfred R. Crudale

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Rhode Island

Paper Title 2

Piccarda's Weakness: Freedom, Force, and Femininity in Dante's Paradiso

Presenter 2 Name

Inga Pierson

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Stanford Univ.

Paper Title 3

Dante, Brunetto, and the Problem of Reading: A New Interpretation of Inferno XV

Presenter 3 Name

Marco Prina

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of California-Berkeley

Paper Title 4

The Divine Comedy as "Training for Death"

Presenter 4 Name

Sean Morgan

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of California-San Diego

Start Date

9-5-2014 10:00 AM

Session Location

Schneider 1355

Description

This panel presents papers related to Dante on questions of citizenship, the political position of women, traditions of civic history, the primo popolo in Florence, and concepts of freedom and tyranny – both personal and political.

Alison Cornish