The sacrilege of Vanni Fucci, the beast of Pistoia, in the Divine Comedy Cover Image

Il sacrilegio di Vanni Fucci pistoiese e bestia nella Divina Commedia
The sacrilege of Vanni Fucci, the beast of Pistoia, in the Divine Comedy

Author(s): Marino Alberto Balducci
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Italian literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Dante; Divine Comedy; Vanni Fucci; blasphemy; metamorphosis

Summary/Abstract: This hermeneutic analysis presents a reflection on the complex nature of the concept of theft in the Christian world, compared to the pagan one. The author develops the idea of the desperate blasphemy of the infernal prisoner as a form of unconscious prayer. Vanni Fucci from Pistoia, the sacrilegious and blasphemous character of Dante’s Inferno, is analyzed by referring to the fundamental difference between the classical and medieval philosophical perception of metamorphosis as a symbol.

  • Issue Year: 20/2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 227-238
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Italian