The cantos devoted to the Terrestrial Paradise in Dante’s Comedy are crucial in the process of self-representation of the poet’s prophetic identity. To establish such a prophetic authority, he explicitly alludes to many scriptural prophets and visionaries. Starting from a reading of Chapter 7 of The Undivine ‘Comedy’, the article reflects on the ways in which such ‘theological’ claims and allusions could be interpreted in a ‘detheologized’ approach to Dante’s poem.

Ledda, G. (2025). Prophetic Models and Structures in an Undivine «Comedy». Berlino : ICI Berlin Press [10.37050/ci-37_10].

Prophetic Models and Structures in an Undivine «Comedy»

Giuseppe Ledda
2025

Abstract

The cantos devoted to the Terrestrial Paradise in Dante’s Comedy are crucial in the process of self-representation of the poet’s prophetic identity. To establish such a prophetic authority, he explicitly alludes to many scriptural prophets and visionaries. Starting from a reading of Chapter 7 of The Undivine ‘Comedy’, the article reflects on the ways in which such ‘theological’ claims and allusions could be interpreted in a ‘detheologized’ approach to Dante’s poem.
2025
A World of Possibilities: The Legacy of «The Undivine Comedy»
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Ledda, G. (2025). Prophetic Models and Structures in an Undivine «Comedy». Berlino : ICI Berlin Press [10.37050/ci-37_10].
Ledda, Giuseppe
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