Sinful wives and queens

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F. Alfie
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The author of the Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), dealt with “sodomites” twice in his masterpiece, once in Inferno and again in Purgatorio. In their examinations of the passage in Inferno, literary critics have typically conflated the modern-day definition of “homosexual” with the medieval “sodomite.” In order to see how Dante viewed non-normative sexuality accurately, however, it is necessary first to uncouple the medieval term “sodomite” from today’s term, “homosexual,” and to apply instead the medieval definition of the former. Numerous sources of Dante’s time indicate that “sodomy” did not mean, strictly speaking, same sex practices between men, but rather it encompassed a wide array of sexual activities. The same is probably true of the sodomites in Dante’s Inferno, some of whom might not have bedded other men. Examination of the passage in Purgatorio, moreover, indicates a greater degree of subtlety in Dante’s thought regarding non-normative sexual attraction.
罪恶的妻子和王后
神曲的作者Dante Alighieri(1265-1321)在他的代表作中两次处理“鸡奸”,一次在《地狱》,一次是在《炼狱》。在对《地狱》中这段文字的研究中,文学评论家通常将现代对“同性恋”的定义与中世纪的“鸡奸”混为一谈。然而,为了了解但丁如何准确地看待非规范性行为,首先有必要将中世纪的术语“鸡奸者”与今天的术语脱钩,“同性恋”,而适用中世纪对前者的定义。但丁时代的许多资料表明,严格来说,“鸡奸”并不意味着男性之间的同性行为,而是包含了广泛的性活动。但丁的《地狱》中的鸡奸可能也是如此,其中一些人可能没有和其他男人上床。此外,对《炼狱》中这段文字的研究表明,但丁关于非规范性吸引力的思想有着更大程度的微妙之处。
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Journal of Language and Sexuality
Journal of Language and Sexuality Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
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