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Il Dante di Guido Martina

L’Inferno di Topolino e altre storie disneyane ispirate al poema dantesco

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Abstract

This paper focuses on Dantean echoes in the comic stories written by Guido Martina for Disney Italia. The study moves from Martina’s masterpiece, L’Inferno di Topolino (1949-1950), the first of the Grandi Parodie Disney, and will then analyse two less-known comic stories (Paolino Pocatesta e la bella Franceschina and Saga di Messer Papero e Ser Paperone), full of relevant allusions which prove Martina’s deep acquaintance with Dante’s works. The paper will also offer an historical contextualisation of each comic story.


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Submitted: Aug. 24, 2021 | Published Nov. 15, 2021 | Language: it

Keywords Inferno • Disney literature classics • Great parodies • Dante • Guido Martina • Topolino

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