"14233.org (Comedìa Dantis Alagherii)" is a repository of reference and visualization resources for mapping the textual architecture of Dante's Commedia.
This website provides the results of the analysis and research for "The Order of All Things: Mimetic Craft in Dante's Commedia," by C. S. Adoyo, a doctoral dissertation presented to the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University in September 2011 (see the Abstract).
Dissertation Advisors: Professor Lino Pertile and Professor Jeffrey Schnapp
Dissertation Committee: Lino Pertile, Jeffrey Schnapp, Richard Thomas and Jan Ziolkowski
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Users may consult schematic grid maps where the helical structure of the terza rima displays both the distinct rhyme-endings as distinctly colored dots, as well as verse end-words and bare rhyme endings.
Text-based helical canto maps also have highlight capability to facilitate comprehensive global identification of similar end-words or rhymes.
The site is currently in development with the following resources now available:
Distinct Rhymes Maps (from main menu bar. [data may take some time to load])
Coming soon...
- Database of Vergilian allusions in the Commedia
- Expanded database of Classical allusion in the Commedia
- Biblical allusions
- Patristic texts
- Scientific texts
- Secondary scholarly texts
Preview features
- Click on the menu bar titles for an expanded list of upcoming site content
See also
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