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Primo Levi, Se questo è un uomo (1947)

July 7, 2009 By D. N. Israel

primo-levi-if-this-is-a-man-1947Primo Levi’s harrowing account of life in Auschwitz includes many references to Dante’s Commedia, most noticeably in the chapter called “Canto di Ulisse.” In the chapter, Levi recounts a scene where he and a French prisoner discuss books from their respective homes. The canto of Ulysses (Inferno 26) comes to his mind and he recites several lines from it.

The memoir Se questo è un uomo (If This is a Man) appeared in English translation as Survival in Auschwitz. The chapter “Canto di Ulisse” is but one of many references to Dante not only in Se questo è un uomo but also across the rest of Levi’s corpus; we recommend consulting the works on the bibliography for more on Levi’s relationship to Dante’s works.

Categories: Written Word
Tagged with: 1947, Holocaust, Italy, Memoirs, Memory, Non-Fiction, Ulysses, War, WWII

Ty Templeton, “Stig’s Inferno” (1980s)

July 7, 2009 By D. N. Israel

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This 1980s series ran for 8 volumes and was loosely based on Dante’s Inferno. See the full book at Templetons.

Categories: Image Mosaic, Visual Art & Architecture, Written Word
Tagged with: 1980, Comics, Graphic Novels, Humor, Illustrated Books, Illustrations, Inferno

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