JOURNAL ARTICLE

A transmedia Commedia : The view from Dante Today.

  • Published In: Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies, 2025, v. 13, n. 4. P. 465 1 of 3

  • Database: Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Coggeshall, Elizabeth 3 of 3

Abstract

The article focuses on *Dante Today*, a crowdsourced digital archive documenting over 2,000 contemporary global adaptations and appropriations of Dante Alighieri's works across diverse media, including literature, visual and performing arts, film, and digital culture. Initiated in 2006 by scholars at Bowdoin College and now hosted at https://www.dantetoday.org/, the archive facilitates research through a newly redesigned search-and-filter system and includes teaching resources and a growing bibliography on Dante reception. The archive highlights how Dante's *Commedia* engages in a transmedia dialogue, with examples ranging from horror films and sitcoms to allegorical documentaries and queer dramas that reinterpret Dante's themes for modern audiences. The project argues that understanding Dante's work today involves engaging with its extensive multimedia elaborations, reflecting the poem's invitation to imaginative participation beyond the original text.

Additional Information

  • Source:Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies. 2025/10, Vol. 13, Issue 4, p465
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Biography
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:2047-7368
  • DOI:10.1386/jicms_00332_7
  • Accession Number:187507897
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