ESTELA DE DANTE EN LA OBRA DE MIRCEA CĂRTĂRESCU
DANTE`s TRAIL IN MIRCEA CARTARESCU’S WORK

Summary/Abstract: On multiple occasions, in his work and interviews, Mircea Cartarescu has revealed Dante to be one of his topmost literary influences. This article offers a comparative reading that intends to tackle several meeting points between Dante's oeuvre and that of Cartarescu. Particular attention will be given to Cartarescu’s novel Solenoid (2015), a privileged space for recounting the places where Dante’s ascendancy can be found: the nocturnal regime of the text, profuse with infernal images, the figure of Virgil accompanying the protagonist as a guide, the construction of the novel, conceived from the very beginning by the author as a space that should end with the word “stars”, among other features to be examined.

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