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Dantean Returns in the Works of Thomas Stearns Eliot Dantean Returns in the Works of Thomas Stearns Eliot, Eugenio Montale, and Seamus Heaney Daniela Panzera Ph.D. Thesis Mary Immaculate College University of Limerick Supervisor: Dr Eugene O’Brien Submitted to Mary Immaculate College: ______________________ i Declaration of Originality Declaration: I hereby declare that this thesis is the result of my own original research and does not contain the work of any other individual. All sources that have been consulted have been identified and acknowledged in the appropriate way. Signature of Candidate: ___________________________________ Daniela Panzera Signature of Supervisor: ___________________________________ Dr Eugene O’Brien Date: ____________________________________ ii Acknowledgements My deepest gratitude goes to my supervisor, Dr Eugene O’Brien, for the passion, dedication, and openness that he always demonstrated to my ideas and to my work. His expertise and advice have been invaluable to the success of this study; and his encouragement and friendship have been fundamental to my own development as a scholar and as a person. He will never be forgotten. I also wish to express my thanks to the English Department, whose familial and inspiring environment provided moral and intellectual support during those years of study. I owe my gratitude to Mary Immaculate College for the generous financial support offered through the MIC Studentship Award, which facilitated the achievement of this project. My indebtedness also goes to the Research and Graduate School of Mary Immaculate College, for their help and advice throughout the various steps of my Ph.D. I would like to thank my friend Brian, who is the most attentive, knowledgeable, and passionate proof-reader that I could have hoped to meet, as well as being sensitive and open to my artistic vision. His invaluable advice was fundamental to the successful outcome of this thesis. To my dearest friends, Linda, Vivien, Gimena, and Connie I owe special thanks. They have been with me throughout this process, and have been a constant source of encouragement and friendship, and love. They have been my second family here in Ireland, and will always have a special place in my heart. iii Thanks to the wonderful children present in my life, the little Alessia, Fionn, Lee and Luke, who, with their playful and joyous innocence, brighten my days. I am particularly thankful to my family, my mum Teresa, and my sister and brother, Fabrizia and Andrea, for their support and encouragement to go forward, even in difficult times. I am grateful for the love and joy they give me on a daily basis, even at 3,500 km away. I could not ask for a more supportive and wonderful family. Finally, a special thought goes to my father, Salvatore (Totò), whose spiritual presence never abandons me. iv Portions of this thesis have been disseminated at the following conferences and in the following publications: Conferences ‘Searching for New Modes of Expression – Seamus Heaney’s “Ugolino”: A Tale of Modern Hatred’, New Voices Multidisciplinary Postgraduate and Early Career Scholars’ Conference 2013, Diversities in Literary and Cultural Studies, Nui Maynooth, 13-15 June 2013. ‘Dantean Symbols of Violence in Seamus Heaney’s Poetry’, Graduate Conference in Italian Studies, University College Cork, 1 March 2014. ‘Butted together, so much wrath o’ercame them’ (Inf. XXXII, l. 32), Limerick Postgraduate Research Conference, Developing a Culture of Research, Limerick Institute of Technology, 29 May 2014. ‘Dispossession and Repossession in Seamus Heaney’s Poetry’, The Literature of Loss, an International Conference focussing on Irish Literature, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, 20 May 2015. Forthcoming Publications ‘Dantean Intertextual Allusions in T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land: The Search for Poetic Language’, in Semicerchio: Rivista di Poesia Comparata, Florence. v Dedication To the sweet memory of my father, and of my nana, and to my dears, mum, Fabbri and Andrew. Alla dolce memoria di mio padre, e di mia nonna, e ai miei cari, mamma, Fabbri ed Andrew. vi Abstract This project analyzes Dante’s influence on the poetry of Thomas Stearns Eliot, Eugenio Montale, and Seamus Heaney. A comparative reading of the poetry and criticism of the four authors will display that Dante’s presence in these three modern poets’ works is of significant import, as through stylistic and thematic Dantean references, Eliot, Montale, and Heaney shape the meaning of their texts and evolve a new poetic craft. Moreover, detecting the numerous references to Dante’s work in their verses can shed light on the poetic message they want to transmit. An essential part of this project will be to establish interconnections between the works of the modern poets as well, as their decision to draw on Dante’s poetry is a major link between them and creates an affinity in their verses. This study will be divided into three sections. The first section will explore Dante’s world: his life and works, and the social, political and intellectual atmosphere he lived in. The second section deals with the stylistic influence that Dante had on Eliot, Montale and Heaney; while the third section concerns the cultural and thematic influence. The medieval master’s experiments with linguistic techniques mirror the poets’ preoccupation with language, and influence their poetic style. Eliot drew on the hellish dialectic and imagery found in Dante’s Inferno to display the lack of hope of modern civilization after the First World War. Montale’s use of the Dantean allegory, displays his tendency to describe the spiritual through the physical, and images of aridity and ruins become emblems of the human condition and of the lack of religious beliefs. Finally, Heaney is attracted to Dante’s vii plurilinguistic style, which allows him to transcend a mono-cultural way of making poetry, and to open to the confrontation with other traditions. The cultural influence is explored through the device of the journey towards salvation, which is the means by which artistic, social and religious issues are addressed. Common cultural experiences and affinities with Dante induce the modern authors to draw on his works. His Christian and Classical backgrounds are important features that they share with him. In addition, Dante lived in times of war and revolutions. His anxiety with the social strife in Medieval Tuscany mirrors Heaney’s concerns about the Troubles, and Eliot’s and Montale’s preoccupation with the aftermaths of World War I. However, through Dante they are able to transcend their cultural givens, as in him, they find a universal mode of making poetry that is in tune with the world they seek to attain in their lyrics. By using Dantean intertextual allusions, the poets obtain a different perspective on their own societies, and, their works, like Dante’s work, assume historical significance because they portray human life across all boundaries of time and place. viii List of Abbreviations Conf.: Confessions, St. Augustine Conv.: Convivio, Dante DM: De Monarchia, Dante DVE: De Vulgari Eloquentia, Dante HF: “Hercules Furens”, Seneca Inf.: Inferno, Dante Met.: Metamorphoses, Ovid NE: Nichomachean Ethics, Aristotle Par.: Paradiso, Dante Purg.: Purgatorio, Dante ST: Summa Theologica, St. Thomas Aquinas VN: Vita Nuova, Dante ix Table of Contents Dantean Returns in the Works of Thomas Stearns Eliot, Eugenio Montale, and Seamus Heaney...................................................................................................................... i Declaration of Originality ..................................................................................................... ii Acknowledgements .............................................................................................................. iii Dedication ........................................................................................................................... vi Abstract .............................................................................................................................. vii List of Abbreviations ........................................................................................................... ix Table of Contents .................................................................................................................. x Epigraph ............................................................................................................................. xii Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 1 SECTION ONE: DANTE’S WORLD ................................................................................. 20 Chapter 1: Dante’s Life and Works .................................................................................... 21 Life of Dante ................................................................................................................................22 The Thirteenth Century and the Political Struggle .........................................................................23 Dante’s Involvement in Politics ....................................................................................................25 Earlier Vision of Love and Poetry: From the Troubadours to the Dolce Stil Novo .........................28 The Vita Nuova ............................................................................................................................29 The Convivio ................................................................................................................................30
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