Dante Satiro

Satire in Dante Alighieri's Comedy and Other Works

Edited by Fabian Alfie and Nicolino Applauso

This collection of essays is the first comprehensive study on Dante and satire within his entire corpus that has been published. Its title evokes the moment when Virgil leads Dante through Limbo, the uppermost portion of Hell. There, they are joined by four classical poets, and Virgil describes one of them as “Horace the satirist” (“Orazio satiro,” 4:89). By applying the expression to Dante himself, this volume seeks to explore the satirical elements in his works. Although Dante is not typically described as a satirist, anyone familiar with his works will recognize the strong satirical element in his many writings. Ultimately, this study shows that Dante engages in satire in order to attain the primary literary tool at his disposal for his prophetic objectives: the castigation of vice.

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Pages: 262 • Trim: 6 x 9

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Series: Studies in Medieval Literature

Subjects: Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical

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Satire in Dante Alighieri's Comedy and Other Works

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This collection of essays is the first comprehensive study on Dante and satire within his entire corpus that has been published. Its title evokes the moment when Virgil leads Dante through Limbo, the uppermost portion of Hell. There, they are joined by four classical poets, and Virgil describes one of them as “Horace the satirist” (“Orazio satiro,” 4:89). By applying the expression to Dante himself, this volume seeks to explore the satirical elements in his works. Although Dante is not typically described as a satirist, anyone familiar with his works will recognize the strong satirical element in his many writings. Ultimately, this study shows that Dante engages in satire in order to attain the primary literary tool at his disposal for his prophetic objectives: the castigation of vice.

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Lexington Books

Pages: 262 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-7936-2171-9 • Hardback • May 2020 • $95.00 • (£73.00)

978-1-7936-2172-6 • eBook • May 2020 • $90.00 • (£69.00)

Series: Studies in Medieval Literature

Subjects: Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical

Author

Fabian Alfie is professor of Italian at the University of Arizona.

Nicolino Applauso is visiting assistant professor of Italian at Loyola University Maryland.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Dante Satiro - Fabian Alfie and Nicolino Applauso

Part 1: Satire in Dante’s Commedia

Chapter 1: The Ontoso Metro of Dante’s Sinners: Inferno 7 - Franco Suitner

Chapter 2: Inverted Popes, the Apostolic Succession, and Dante’s Vocation as Satirist - Ronald L. Martinez

Chapter 3: “Ed elli avea del cul fatto trombetta” (Inferno 21.139): Satire and Sodomy in Dante’s Inferno - Mary Watt

Chapter 4: “Se io mi trascoloro, non ti maravigliar”: Peter’s Invective and colores rhetorici in Paradiso 27 - Maggie Fritz-Morkin

Part 2: Satire in Dante’s Minor Works

Chapter 5: “Ut exinde potionare possimus dolcissimum ydromellum” (DVE 1.1.1): ‘Dante Satiro’ and the De vulgari eloquentia - Anthony Nussmeier

Chapter 6: Invective and Emotional Tones in Dante’s Convivio - Beatrice Arduini

Chapter 7: The Conundrum of Genre: Dante’s “Doglia mi reca” - Fabian Alfie

Chapter 8: Scelestissimis fiorentinis: Violence, Satire, and Prophecy in the ars dictaminis and Dante’s Political Epistles - Nicolino Applauso

Coda: The American Legacy of Dante Satiro

Chapter 9: Hell, Yes! Dante in Contemporary American Satire - Arielle Saiber

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Satire in Dante Alighieri's Comedy and Other Works

Edited by Fabian Alfie and Nicolino Applauso

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