Diffracting Paradiso: The Stakes of Knowing and Being in Paradise.

This article proposes a diffractive reading of Paradiso, and in particular of Paradiso 33, in dialogue with Karen Barad's Meeting the Universe Halfway: on the one hand, as readers of Paradiso, we are asked from the onset to stay within the diffraction created by the pilgrim's movement through the sp...

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Publicado en:Italian Studies Vol. 80; no. 3; pp. 257 - 270
Autor principal: Boitani, Giulia
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2025
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