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La rovina in commedia. Grottesco satirico e dantesco di Jacovitti

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Abstract

The illustration of the Commedia has a very long history, frequently involving attempts to bring Dante’s epic poem up to date, thereby making it more relevant to the present day. The essay studies a relatively recent parody of Dante’s masterpiece, devised in 1947 by the satirical cartoonist Benito Jacovitti and published in the Italian satirical weekly magazine Belzebù. Jacovitti, who created a vast number of humorous comic strips populated by bizarre and grotesque characters, satirised the political situation of post-war Italy in two pages packed with clever visual gags and tongue-in-cheek allusions to current events.


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

Keywords Parody • Satire • Post-war Italy • Dante • Comics • Jacovitti

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