«For cowardliness» or «for bravery»? Dante Alighieri updated by Constantino Cavafis and Miguel de Unamuno

Authors

  • Styliani Voutsa Universidad Aristóteles de Tesalónica

Abstract

The study focuses on the personal lecture that the Greek poet C. Cavafis and the Spanish poet M. de Unamuno carried out –both inspired by a passage of Dante – in their respective poems «Che fece…il gran rifiuto» (1901) and «La gran rehusa» (1910). These poems are analysed in the first place separately, stressing above all the repercussions they had on the literary critics. Finally, both poems are examined comparatively.

Keywords:

Cavafis, Unamuno, Dante