«<i>Nella sua Comedìa Dante qui dice</i>». «Commedia» <i>and</i> «Morgante»: <i>new acquisitions</i>

Abstract

The article aims to investigate the intertextual relationships between Morgante and the Divine Comedy, starting from the analysis of cantari I, II, XVIII, XXVI, and XXVII. The intent is to verify the presence and manner of utilization of Dante's poem, which have proven to be quite substantial, dense, and significant. In some passages by Pulci, the Divine Comedy even functions as a true hypotext. The investigation reveals Pulci's "cult" of Dante, who is seen as a poet, teacher, guide, and privileged exemplum to imitate, a model from which to draw linguistically, stylistically, rhymically, formally, content-wise, conceptually, rhetorically, and narratively. The identified Dantean loci are divided into different categories and individually analyzed; these are instrumental partitions, not a cataloging with a precise scientific intent. This work reveals true guidelines, prevailing attitudes, and the linguistic, stylistic, formal, and poetic directions adopted by Pulci during the composition of Morgante.