TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shapiro,Marianne
TI  - Woman earthly and divine in the Comedy of DanteMarianne Shapiro
T2  - Studies in Romance languages
SN  - 9780813164656
AV  - PQ4409 .W663 1975
PY  - 1975///
CY  - Lexington
PB  - The University Press of Kentucky
KW  - Dante Alighieri,
KW  - Women in literature
KW  - Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
KW  - Characters
KW  - Women
KW  - Divina commedia
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I. LOVE POETRY IN A PATRIST SOCIETY; CHAPTER II. WIVES AND VIRGINS; CHAPTER III. LOVERS; CHAPTER IV. MOTHERS AND MATERNAL FIGURES; CONCLUSION; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; 2; b
N2  - This study examines all the characterizations of the female personality in the Divine Comedy, including representations of things traditionally categorized as feminine. Marianne Shapiro treats different traditional feminine roles such as wife, lover, and mother, and places Beatrice in the latter group. The problem of woman is studied within the general context of medieval literature. Shapiro's conclusions center largely upon Dante's adherence to a generally misogynistic tradition. While in his earlier works his concept of woman was as a comprehensive whole encompassing good and evil, in the Company
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