DANTE'S EPISTOLA A CAN GRANDE: ALLEGORY, DISCOURSE, AND THEIR SEMIOTIC IMPLICATIONS.

The focus of this study is the semiotic aspect concerning the allegory of the Commedia. More specifically, it aims at considering the meta-linguistic functioning of the Commedia's allegory and how such a system may be recognized as essentially semiotic in its making. It also attempts to demonstrate...

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Publicado en:Quaderni d'italianistica Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 3 - 43
Autor principal: DE BENEDICTIS, RAFFAELE
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Publicado: Iter Canada 2010
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        Divine Comedy, The (Poem : Dante)
        Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
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