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Sound and Structure in the Divine Comedy

by David Robey

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A computational study of sound in Dante’s poem

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A computational study of sound in Dante’s poem

David Robey examines the sound patterns of Dante’s Divine Comedy through computer-based analysis, mapping how particular features are distributed across the poem. Comparative attention to related texts places Dante’s practice in a broader literary context, while close discussion of unusually frequent sound features considers their function within the work. Published at an early point in digital humanities scholarship, the volume also addresses the methodological possibilities of electronic tools for literary analysis. Its subject is not Dante’s narrative alone, but the poem’s verbal construction: how recurring sonic elements can be systematically identified, compared, and interpreted.

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  • Dante scholars and students of medieval Italian literature
  • Readers interested in stylistics, poetics, and sound patterning
  • Researchers interested in computational approaches to literary study

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Dante’s Divine ComedySound and poetic structureComparative literary analysisDigital humanitiesMedieval literary criticism

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This book uses a variety of computer-based processes to construct a systematic analytical description of the sounds of Dante's Divine Comedy in the sense of their overall distribution within the text. The description is developed through a comparative treatment of the same features in a range of related texts, with a view to defining the distinctive characteristics of Dante's practice; and by a discussion of the function and effect of sounds in the work, with special attention to unusually high incidences of particular features. The book is thus both a contribution to the scholarly debate about Dante's poem, and an illustration and discussion of the ways in which new electronic technology can be used for this kind of purpose.
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