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The women who appear in Dante's 'Divine Comedy' are finally getting their due, 700 years later

  • Written by Laura Ingallinella, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Italian Studies and English, Wellesley College
The women who appear in Dante's 'Divine Comedy' are finally getting their due, 700 years laterIn a 14th-century illustration, Dante reaches out to Sapia, whose eyes have been sewn shut.Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, CC BY-NC

When Dante Alighieri died 700 years ago, on Sept. 14, 1321, he had just put his final flourishes on the “Divine Comedy,” a monumental poem that would inspire readers for centuries.

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