Dante III: Critique, Vituperium, Satire, and Invective

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Dante Society of America

Organizer Name

Alison Cornish

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Presider Name

Regina Psaki

Presider Affiliation

Univ. of Oregon

Paper Title 1

Saint Peter and the Pope on the Dung Seat: Satire, Prophecy, and Reprehension in _Paradiso_ 27

Presenter 1 Name

Nicolino Applauso

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Loyola Univ. Maryland

Paper Title 2

L’ontoso metro dei dannati di Dante: Inferno VII

Presenter 2 Name

Franco Suitner

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. degli Studi di Roma Tre

Paper Title 3

Dante’s Critique of Wealth and Materialism: A Rereading of Convivio 4

Presenter 3 Name

Maria Luisa Ardizzone

Presenter 3 Affiliation

New York Univ.

Paper Title 4

Inferno XIX. The Technical Predicaments of Satire

Presenter 4 Name

Ambrogio Camozzi Pistoja

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of Cambridge

Start Date

9-5-2014 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1355

Description

This panel on Dante presents papers on the connection between satire and prophecy in the Paradiso, the tradition and function of satire and vituperium in the Inferno, and a critique of wealth and materialism in the Convivio.

Alison Cornish