Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 17510
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Biow , Douglas.
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  • Title: Pier Della Vigna, Dido, and the Discourse of Virgilian Tragedy in the "Commedia" [The author argues that the Pier della Vigna episode in Dante's Inferno evokes the tragedy of Dido. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Stanford Italian Review 11, 40180 ( 1992): Pages 155 - 170.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Dante Alighieri, Poet- Divina Commedia- Inferno Dido (Literary Figure) Literature- Verse Pier della Vigna (Literary Figure) Virgil, Ancient Poet- Aeneid
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 13- 14
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  • Year of Publication: 1992.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 07306857