Citings & Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture
Social media comic illustrator Maritsa Patrinos (@maritsapatrinos) parodies Dante’s nine circles from Inferno as various types of pasta. —Maritsa Patrinos, SixChix ©2024 King Features Syndicate, inc., February 2, 2024 (retrieved February 7, 2024)
Contributed by Casey Kozan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ’25
Dante’s Pizza & Pasta is located in La Piazza Square in Klerksdorp, South Africa.
This anthology of some 20 short pieces focuses on each of the contributors’ most memorable meals. In La Divina Commedia Amy Bloom recounts her quest for the ultimate lasagna, recoiling in horror from the oxymoronic “dieter’s lasagna.” She writes: “I am looking for the perfect lasagna, making my way through cookbooks at midnight, ready for heartbreak but hopeful, like Dante seeking Beatrice.” [. . .] —Amy Bloom
All submissions will be considered for posting. Bibliographic references and scholarly essays are also welcome for consideration.
Coggeshall, Elizabeth, and Arielle Saiber, eds. Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Website. Access date.
