The contribution outlines the utopian dimension of the work and aesthetics of the German-Jewish-Swedish author Peter Weiss (1916-1982), focusing mainly on his "DC-Projekt", the plan of a political rewriting of Dantes' Divine Comedy for the modern stage (1960s). The contribution contends that the medieval poet, called "the truthsearcher" in the posthumous drama "Inferno", is the key figure of the author's utopian concern in his lifelong alternation of autobiographical, poetical and political issues.

Der Wahrheitssucher : su Peter Weiss, Dante e l’utopia / M. Castellari (LABIRINTI). - In: Sull'utopia : scritti in onore di Fabrizio Cambi / [a cura di] A. Fambrini, F. Ferrari, M. Sisto. - Prima edizione. - Trento : Università degli Studi di Trento. Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia, 2017 May. - ISBN 9788884437297. - pp. 301-317

Der Wahrheitssucher : su Peter Weiss, Dante e l’utopia

M. Castellari
2017

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The contribution outlines the utopian dimension of the work and aesthetics of the German-Jewish-Swedish author Peter Weiss (1916-1982), focusing mainly on his "DC-Projekt", the plan of a political rewriting of Dantes' Divine Comedy for the modern stage (1960s). The contribution contends that the medieval poet, called "the truthsearcher" in the posthumous drama "Inferno", is the key figure of the author's utopian concern in his lifelong alternation of autobiographical, poetical and political issues.
Peter Weiss; Dante; utopian thinking; politics; aesthetics
Settore L-LIN/13 - Letteratura Tedesca
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