Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	721
Title	Crossing Boundaries and Building Identities in Dante's Works, III
Date/Time	Tuesday 5 July 2022: 14.15-15.45
Sponsor	Centre for Dante Studies / Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Organiser	Camilla Bambozzi, School of Languages, Cultures & Societies - Italian, University of Leeds
	Elisabeth Trischler, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Moderator/Chair	Carmen Costanza, School of Languages, Cultures & Societies - Italian, University of Leeds
Paper 721-a	Boundaries Becoming Prisons: Functions and Semantics of the Infernal Rivers (Language: English) Filippo Fabbricatore, Graduate Center, City University of New York Index Terms: Language and Literature - Italian; Medievalism and Antiquarianism
Paper 721-b	Navigating Dante's Rivers: Exploring Identity through Topography (Language: English) Emma Wall, School of Modern Languages & Cultures, Durham University Index Terms: Language and Literature - Italian; Medievalism and Antiquarianism
Paper 721-c	'In limine Inferi': The Border as a Catalyst for Ethical Conversion in Dante (Language: English) Matteo Maselli, Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Macerata Index Terms: Language and Literature - Italian; Medievalism and Antiquarianism
Paper 721-d	Infernal Walls and Divine Ladders: Crossing Borders in the Realm of the Dead in Dante and in His Visionary Precursors (Language: English) Eszter Draskóczy, Institute for Literary Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest Index Terms: Language and Literature - Italian; Medievalism and Antiquarianism
Abstract	The panel proposes to examine the modes with which Dante uses topographical elements and elements of communal reality to structure the Inferno. These elements, such as rivers, walls, bridges, and other features of the landscape and city of the 13th- and 14th-century are reconfigured to convey allegorical and symbolical meanings.