Chapter "Experience that Generates Experience": The Influence of the Comedy in three South African Writings

This article aims to explore the intertextual relationships between Dante's Divine Comedy and three pieces of creative writing: Chariklia Martalas' "A Mad Flight into Inferno Once Again", Thalén Rogers' "The Loadstone" and Helena van Urk's "The Storm&quo...

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Hoofdauteur: Medugno, Marco (auth)
Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Florence Firenze University Press 2021
Reeks:Studi e saggi
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