Interpolation and/as Interpretation in Dante’s 'Commedia'

The phenomenon of interpolation, non-authorial additions to a text, is commonly observed in medieval romances and histories. Despite the huge number of early manuscripts of Dante’s Commedia, the number of interpolations is comparatively infrequent, raising many questions of imitation, style and narrative. In this seminar I’ll look at a number of interpolations, focusing on how early readers became actively engaged in the vivid afterlife represented in the Commedia.'