The author demonstrates the dependence of Dante’s allegory of the «selva oscura», found at the very beginning of the Commedia, on a passage in the Commentary on the Pentateuch, written by the 11th century theologian Bruno of Segni. The main result of this discovery is the disclosure of a possible new approach to the study of some specific, relevant aspects of Dante’s thought, which appear closely related to theological ideas typical of the platonic-augustinian model of thinking, i.e. the dominant model in the monastic literature of the early Middle Ages.
Per hanc silvam obscuram
D'ONOFRIO, Giulio
2011
Abstract
The author demonstrates the dependence of Dante’s allegory of the «selva oscura», found at the very beginning of the Commedia, on a passage in the Commentary on the Pentateuch, written by the 11th century theologian Bruno of Segni. The main result of this discovery is the disclosure of a possible new approach to the study of some specific, relevant aspects of Dante’s thought, which appear closely related to theological ideas typical of the platonic-augustinian model of thinking, i.e. the dominant model in the monastic literature of the early Middle Ages.File in questo prodotto:
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