02178nam 2200349z- 450 991055521310332120230221133427.0(CKB)4920000000812625(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/82410(EXLCZ)99492000000081262520202206d2021 |y eengurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierChapter Releasing the Prisoners of Hope: Dante’s Purgatorio Breaks the Chains of the Born FreesFlorenceFirenze University Press20211 electronic resource (13 p.)Studi e saggi88-5518-458-X Experience that Generates Experience -- Noi leggiavamo un giorno per diletto -- Dante, Can I Lead You? South Arican Students Write Back -- Dante's Journey Through Our Lives -- The South African Folle Volo -- Releasing the Prisoners of Hope.Beginning with a tribute to the late Chris 'Zithulele' Mann, a poet and activist who was deeply immersed in Dante, this chapter comments on some of the patterns that emerge from the creative contributions of the Dantessa students. Two authors affirm and explore ideas of black womanhood by appealing to Beatrice and Francesca, potentially combining the two figures. Several authors are acutely aware of the purgatorial condition of post-apartheid South Africa, suggesting a long and arduous march to freedom. The image of flight recurs: thrice, madly, into the inferno and once, temporarily, in limbo. These lively responses to La Commedia prompt the question: what kind of literary studies is proper to purgatory, and elicit a tentative reply, urging a re-invention of the discipline of letters.black feminismpost-apartheid literary studiesChris Mannlong march to freedomHouliston Victorauth1280602BOOK9910555213103321Chapter Releasing the Prisoners of Hope: Dante’s Purgatorio Breaks the Chains of the Born Frees3017277UNINA