Literary Influences on Dante\u27s Use of Fear in the Commedia

This presentation explores the literary influences that may have guided Dante\u27s use and development of fear reflected and directed by his use of the word paura. These influences include Aristotle, Cicero, St. Augustine, St. Benedict, and St. Thomas Aquinas. The presenter also suggests a distant echo of fear finding its way into John Milton\u27s Paradise Lost