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 Comedy polarities are established and affirmed.
- ISBN10 0813117496
- ISBN13 9780813117492
- Publish Date 1 January 1991
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 2 October 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint The University Press of Kentucky
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 228
- Language English