Essays
Author: Gary Schmidgall (Hunter College CUNY)
This essay presents an overview of the similarities in career-arc/autobiography, aesthetic, philosophical, and political views of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) and Walt Whitman, focusing largely in their respective masterpieces the Comedy and Leaves of Grass.
Keywords: Dante Alighieri, Comedy, Leaves of Grass, Commedia
How to Cite: Schmidgall, G. (2023) “Two Resplendent Suns: Dante Alighieri and Walt Whitman”, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review. 40(1/2). doi: https://doi.org/10.17077/0737-0679.31735