Dante Studies I: Dante's Appeals to Classical Sources

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Dante Society of America

Organizer Name

Jason Aleksander

Organizer Affiliation

National Univ.

Presider Name

Albert Ascoli

Presider Affiliation

Univ. of California-Berkeley

Paper Title 1

Dante's Curio: Empire and Civil War in Inferno 28 and Epistle 7

Presenter 1 Name

Andrea Moudarres

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of California-Los Angeles

Paper Title 2

Expecting the "Unexpected": Statius's Salvation in Purgatorio 20–22

Presenter 2 Name

Rory Sellgren

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Leeds

Paper Title 3

Dante Re-sings Aeneid IV

Presenter 3 Name

P. Christopher Smith

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Massachusetts-Lowell

Paper Title 4

Dante's Virgil on Free Will: What's Missing, and Why

Presenter 4 Name

John Bugbee

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of Virginia

Start Date

12-5-2018 10:00 AM

Session Location

Schneider 1125

Description

Papers in this session address Dante's appropriation and transformation of the classical tradition, including his depictions of Virgil and Statius.

Jason Aleksander