"Svolazza" Lucifero come le anime dei morti ? ("Inferno", XXXIV, 46-52)

This article aims to demonstrate the relationship between Dante's comparison of Lucifer's flapping wings to those of a bat and the movement of the souls of the dead in classical antiquity. It will explore some textual references from heterogeneous and distant traditions, from the Greek and...

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Main Author: Marco Chiariglione
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nicola Catelli - Corrado Confalonieri 2014-06-01
Series:Parole Rubate
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Online Access:http://www.parolerubate.unipr.it/fascicolo9_pdf/F9-5_chiariglione_svolazza.pdf