Medieval History
Dennis Looney, Freedom Readers: The African American Reception of Dante Alighieri and the Divine Comedy. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press
Reviewed by Ronald Herzman ([email protected])
Dennis Looney's Freedom Readers: The African American Reception of Dante Alighieri and the Divine Comedy convincingly and importantly argues that Dante's critical fortunes in the United States are entangled more closely to the history of the country's black and white citizens that we have ever imagined. Freedom Readers examines how "African Americans have read, interpreted, and responded to Dante and his work over the last two centuries..."(p. 2). It would be an important book if only for the new material that the author has discovered and brought together that links Dante to traditions of African American literature and culture. But it is also an important book for understanding issues connected to the reception of Dante more generally.
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Medieval History
Ronald Herzman reviews Looney, Freedom Readers
Reviewed by Ronald Herzman ([email protected])
Dennis Looney's Freedom Readers: The African American Reception of Dante Alighieri and the Divine Comedy convincingly and importantly argues that Dante's critical fortunes in the United States are entangled more closely to the history of the country's black and white citizens that we have ever imagined. Freedom Readers examines how "African Americans have read, interpreted, and responded to Dante and his work over the last two centuries..."(p. 2). It would be an important book if only for the new material that the author has discovered and brought together that links Dante to traditions of African American literature and culture. But it is also an important book for understanding issues connected to the reception of Dante more generally.
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Oh, dude. Electronic Arts (EA) is apparently now producing a game based on Dante's Inferno. Apparently, Dante will travel through Hell's 9 levels in pursuit of his "beloved Beatrice." Oh, but wait, there's more! It'll be an action-adventure...
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