• Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · Apr 2016

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    Epilepsy in Dante's poetry.

    • Marco Mula.
    • Epilepsy Group, Atkinson Morley Regional Neuroscience Centre, St George's University Hospital, London, UK; Institute of Medical and Biomedical Sciences, St George's University of London, UK. Electronic address: mmula@sgul.ac.uk.
    • Epilepsy Behav. 2016 Apr 1; 57 (Pt B): 251-4.

    AbstractDante Alighieri is the greatest Italian poet and one of the most important writers in Western literature. He is best known for the epic poem "Commedia", later named "La Divina Commedia" that has profoundly influenced not only poetic imagination but also all subsequent allegorical creations of imaginary worlds in literature. This paper examines the poetic description of some episodes of loss of consciousness in Dante's poetry discussing how and why typical elements of epileptic seizures have been used. On the 750th anniversary of Dante's birth, his poetry still remains to be an inspiring source of debate and reflection. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled "Epilepsy, Art, and Creativity". Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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