Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	521
Title	Crossing Boundaries and Building Identities in Dante's Works, I
Date/Time	Tuesday 5 July 2022: 09.00-10.30
Sponsor	Centre for Dante Studies / Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Organiser	Camilla Bambozzi, School of Languages, Cultures & Societies - Italian, University of Leeds
	Carmen Costanza, School of Languages, Cultures & Societies - Italian, University of Leeds
Moderator/Chair	Elisabeth Trischler, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Paper 521-a	Exul inmeritus: Political Borders as Boundaries of Identity (Language: English) Camilla Bambozzi, School of Languages, Cultures & Societies - Italian, University of Leeds Index Terms: Language and Literature - Italian; Political Thought
Paper 521-b	Crossing the Boundaries between Past, Present, and Future: The Relationship between Dante and the City of Verona (Language: English) Angelo Passuello, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Beni Culturali, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia Index Terms: Language and Literature - Italian; Medievalism and Antiquarianism
Paper 521-c	Spiritual Exiles: Dantean Echoes in Amelia Rosselli's Mystical Poetry (Language: English) Clara Santarelli, Independent Scholar, Ravenna Index Terms: Language and Literature - Italian; Women's Studies
Abstract	The experience of exile is a central theme in Dante Alighieri's later works. The poet, indeed, is the exile by definition: in a literal sense, as he was obliged to leave Florence in 1302, after the defeat of the White Guelfs; but also in a literary sense, as he becomes the peregrinus in his Commedia. The panel proposes to examine how the experience of exile played a crucial role in Dante's later production, and how the condition of exile becomes a structural element for his poetry and life.