Talk:Pia de' Tolomei

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Alighieri, Dante. Purgatorio. Translated by Jean Hollander and Robert Hollander, Anchor Books, 2004. - Source contains comprehensive commentary on Pia's character in Purgatorio.

Barwick, Linda (2005), “An ample and very poetical narrative”: the vicissitudes of “La Pia” between the literary and oral traditions. In M. Baker, F. Coassin & D. Glenn (Eds.), Flinders Dante Conferences, 2002 & 2004 (pp. 77-101). Adelaide: Lythrum Press. - Comprehensive overview of works inspired from Dante's rendering of Pia.

“Deconstructing Subjectivity in Antepurgatory.” Dante and the Grammar of the Nursing Body, by Gary P. Cestaro, University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, Indiana, 2003, pp. 109–134. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvpj75xc.10. Accessed 4 Mar. 2021. - Literary commentary on Pia's unique presence as the linguistic object and her cognizance of the temporary nature of the body.

Glenn, Diana. Dante's Reforming Mission and Women in the Comedy. Troubador, 2009. - This source discusses the various historical hypotheses on Pia's identity and disputes Pia's significance as merely sentimental.

Lansing, Richard H., and Steven Botterill. The Dante Encyclopedia. Routledge, 2010. - Source emphasizes the striking response to Pia's character despite her short presence, offers insight of Pia's larger role in the poem, and documents popular theatrical and cinematic adaptations of her.

“Pia in ‘Enciclopedia Dantesca.’” In "Enciclopedia Dantesca", www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/pia_(Enciclopedia-Dantesca)/. - Italian source provides further detail on the historical hypotheses concerning Pia's identity.

“Purgatorio 5–10.” Reading Dante, by GIUSEPPE MAZZOTTA, Yale University Press, New Haven; London, 2014, pp. 130–142. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5vm17d.14. Accessed 4 Mar. 2021. - This literary commentary provides a possible connection between Pia's character and Dante and views her speech as radical forgiveness.

SCAGLIONE, ALDO. “The Keys to Purgatory.” Lectura Dantis: Purgatorio, A Canto-by-Canto Commentary, edited by ALLEN MANDELBAUM et al., 1st ed., University of California Press, 2008, pp. 47–55. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pn7mj.7. Accessed 4 Mar. 2021. - This literary commentary provides historical information on Pia and examines the placement of her speech in the poem.

“The Other Model: Siena as a Purgatorial City in Dante” in Vedere nell’ombra Studi su natura, spiritualità e scienze operative offerti a Michela Pereira. Nicola Polloni and Cecilia Panti (eds.) Firenze: SISMEL Edizioni del Galluzzo (2018), p. 131-142. - Discusses Pia in relation to her Sienese background.Kashmir2001 (talk) 02:23, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]