Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 13778
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Mangieri , Cono A.
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  • Title: Gentucca Dantesca e Dintorni [Gentucca, a figure in the "Purgatorio," represents Epicurean philosophy, as Ulysses and Cato represent stoicism; Dante can be described as having committed, at least in his youth, the "Epicurean" sins of gluttony, prodigality, and lust. Gentucca may have
  • Source: Italian Quarterly 32, (Summer-Fall 1995): Pages 5 - 25.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Cavalcanti, Guido, Poet Dante Alighieri, Poet- Divina Commedia- Purgatorio Gentucca (Literary Figure) Literature- Verse Sins Women in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 14
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  • Year of Publication: 1995.
  • Language: Italian
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00212954