Zum mittelalterlichen Dichter und Philosophen Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) Rezension zu: Monaco, Elisa: Dante und das Gedächtnis. Eine interdisziplinäre Studie. Schwabe Verlag: Basel 2021, 347 S. ISBN 978-37965-4427-9

The book Dante und das Gedächtnis [Dante and Memory], published in 2021 by Schwabe Verlag Basel, is a complex interdisciplinary study addressing the issue of memory in the works of the medieval Italian writer and philosopher Dante Alighieri. The study is focused on a “historical approach”, but the investigation of the Commedia and Vita Nova makes use of narratological concepts as well. Monaco sets out to identify and interpret the reflections on memory present in Dante’s work.

The well-documented and systematized study comprises a lot of new information about the poet, politician, and exile Dante Alighieri.