Transnational Dante : Inventing Argentine Cultural Identity / Heather Renee Sottong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sottong, Heather Renee, author.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Series:

Critical Studies in Italian Migrations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Influence.

Dante Alighieri.

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Study and teaching--Argentina.

Argentine literature--History and criticism.

Argentine literature.

Argentina--Civilization--Italian influences.

Argentina.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2025.

Contents:

Cover

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

1. Bartolomé Mitre on Immigration and Argentine Identity

2. Bartolomé Mitre's Translation of the Divine Comedy: An Anti-Martín Fierro

3. Leopoldo Lugones on Immigration and Argentine Identity

4. Hypermedievalizing and Demedievalizing Dante: Leopoldo Lugones's and Jorge Luis Borges's Rewritings of Inferno V

5. Rewriting Dante to Parody Lugones: Borges's "The Aleph

6. Leopoldo Marechal on Immigration and Argentine Identity

7. Dante's Vita nuova and Book 6 of Adán Buenosayres: Solveig as Beatrice, Solveig as Argentina

8. The Journey to Cacodelphia: A Parody of Inferno and Modern-Day Argentina

Conclusion: Argentina's Failure to Produce a Divine Comedy

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 18, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Sottong, Heather Renee Transnational Dante

ISBN:

9781531510466

1531510469

9781531510459

1531510450

Publisher Number:

90101817342

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.