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Why Dante Still Matters, and Especially Now
(2020)
Abstract
Were he alive today, Dante Aligheri would rock social media, and not just because of his poetic brilliance. In truth, Dante was a proud—even at times arrogant—voluble, enlightened but often (by his own account) volatile Florentine who harbored—at least initially in the creation of his masterpiece—a rather robust penchant for revenge. Through his writings, Dante was willing to expose the prevalent hypocrisy (including his own) and the persistent abuse of authority in both secular and religious Florentine society. He wrote with a fierce determination to speak truth to power (after all, what other devout Catholic in the 14th century—or any century—would place a pope in hell?) and to expose malfeasance wheresoever it was found. One can only imagine his tweets from #therealdivinecomedy.
Keywords
- Dante Aligheri
Disciplines
Publication Date
May 14, 2020
Citation Information
June-Ann Greeley. "Why Dante Still Matters, and Especially Now" (2020) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/june-ann_greeley/37/