Manto into Mantua: Dante's Corrections of Vergil

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dc.contributor.authorBeek, A. Everett
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-22T15:33:21Z
dc.date.available2021-01-22T15:33:21Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractManto in the Inferno is a locus classicus of authorial correction. As a prophetess and the eponym of Mantua, Dante’s Manto is drawn principally from Vergil’s Aeneid. Dante’s character Vergil, however, rewrites the Aeneid story by excising Manto from Mantua’s community. This transformation is prompted by Vergil’s complex reputation in medieval Europe. Throughout the middle ages, Vergil, like Manto, was associated with occult knowledge, which both advanced and hindered his role in the Commedia. Dante thus uses authorial correction to distance Vergil from Manto and her occult associations, and as a result, Dante’s Manto more closely resembles the Aeneid’s Circe: Dante’s Manto and Vergil’s Circe are both conceptualized as a looming threat that could destroy the hero’s endeavour.en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationA. Everett Beek, 'Manto into Mantua', Southern African Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies 29 (2019): 25-50en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12430/549386
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherSouthern African Society for Medieval and Renaissance Studiesen_ZA
dc.subjectVergilen_ZA
dc.subjectprophetessen_ZA
dc.subjectDanteen_ZA
dc.subjectsource studyen_ZA
dc.titleManto into Mantua: Dante's Corrections of Vergilen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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