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The Exile of Poets in Dante’s Purgatorio

Exile inspired Dante the poet to write about the pilgrim’s alienation during his adventurous journey through the three kingdoms of the afterworld, but it also pervades the poetics of the Comedy in subtle and unpredictable ways. The connection between displacement and literary creativity is allegorized in the portrayal of several poets in Purgatorio. The rhetoric of movement and dislocation that is persistently applied to poets establishes an indelible bond between poetic productivity and desire for nostos, the return to the ideal (and idealized) location of home or patria. The suffering condition of Dante pilgrim, constantly lost and out of place, matches the existential and spiritual status of being a poet and finds expression in tropes and images throughout the narratives depicting fellow poets.

LOCATION: Trusteeship Chamber, United Nations Headquarters











When: Thu., May. 12, 2016 at 4:00 pm
Where: Italian Cultural Institute
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212-879-4242
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Exile inspired Dante the poet to write about the pilgrim’s alienation during his adventurous journey through the three kingdoms of the afterworld, but it also pervades the poetics of the Comedy in subtle and unpredictable ways. The connection between displacement and literary creativity is allegorized in the portrayal of several poets in Purgatorio. The rhetoric of movement and dislocation that is persistently applied to poets establishes an indelible bond between poetic productivity and desire for nostos, the return to the ideal (and idealized) location of home or patria. The suffering condition of Dante pilgrim, constantly lost and out of place, matches the existential and spiritual status of being a poet and finds expression in tropes and images throughout the narratives depicting fellow poets.

LOCATION: Trusteeship Chamber, United Nations Headquarters

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