This collection of essays explores the concept and tradition of satire in relation to Dante's Comedy and his other works, and the modern reception of Dante's satire in contemporary American culture. It is the first comprehensive study on Dante and satire within his entire corpus that has ever been published in recent times.

Edited by Fabian Alfie and Nicolino Applauso

Introduction: Dante Satiro - Fabian Alfie and Nicolino Applauso
Part 1: Satire in Dante's Commedia
Chapter 1: The Ontoso Metro of Dante's Sinners: Inferno 7 - Franco Suitner
Chapter 2: Inverted Popes, the Apostolic Succession, and Dante's Vocation as Satirist - Ronald L. Martinez
Chapter 3: "Ed elli avea del cul fatto trombetta" (Inferno 21.139): Satire and Sodomy in Dante's Inferno - Mary Watt
Chapter 4: "Se io mi trascoloro, non ti maravigliar": Peter's Invective and colores rhetorici in Paradiso 27 - Maggie Fritz-Morkin
Part 2: Satire in Dante's Minor Works
Chapter 5: "Ut exinde potionare possimus dolcissimum ydromellum" (DVE 1.1.1): 'Dante Satiro' and the De vulgari eloquentia - Anthony Nussmeier
Chapter 6: Invective and Emotional Tones in Dante's Convivio - Beatrice Arduini
Chapter 7: The Conundrum of Genre: Dante's "Doglia mi reca" - Fabian Alfie
Chapter 8: Scelestissimis fiorentinis: Violence, Satire, and Prophecy in the ars dictaminis and Dante's Political Epistles - Nicolino Applauso
Coda: The American Legacy of Dante Satiro
Chapter 9: Hell, Yes! Dante in Contemporary American Satire - Arielle Saiber