Dante in History

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Dante Society of America

Organizer Name

Alison Cornish

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Presider Name

Catherine Adoyo

Presider Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Paper Title 1

Dante's Exiles: Figures of Injustice or Figures of Hope?

Presenter 1 Name

Laurence E. Hooper

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Dartmouth College

Paper Title 2

"The Whole Catastrophe": Kinship and Tragic Transformation in the Commedia

Presenter 2 Name

Philip F. O'Mara

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Bridgewater College

Paper Title 3

The Pope in Hell: Nicholas III

Presenter 3 Name

Dabney Park

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Miami

Paper Title 4

"A Mare Magnum for Adventure": The Dante Studies of George Ticknor

Presenter 4 Name

Kathleen Verduin

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Hope College

Start Date

13-5-2017 10:00 AM

Session Location

Schneider 1275

Description

History figures in Dante's works via the historical figures he includes in them. Dante also acts in history, even American history, in the story of his reception. These papers concern historical exiles and theories of citizenship and patriotism, bonds of kinship and family cruelty, especially in the cantos of Brunetto Latini and Cacciaguida (Inferno 15 and Paradiso 17), the historical pope Nicholas III (Inferno 19) and his relations with the Spiritual Franciscans, as well as the interest in Dante of the 19^th century literary historian, George Ticknor.

Alison Cornish