The Female Characters in Dante’s Comedy
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Abstract
The text focuses on the main female figures in Dante’s Comedy, from Beatrice to Piccarda Donati, considering their role and highlighting the features from which it is possible to deduce what was the perception Dante and his contemporaries had of women.
Keywords
- Dante Alighieri
- Commedia
- Beatrice
- Francesca da Rimini
- Pia dei Tolomei
- Sapìa
- Piccarda Donati
- Virgin Mary
