A Pocket Guide to Dantes Pronouns: Tu, Voi, and the Politics of Address
I didn’t realize how much drama was hidden in Dante’s pronoun choices until someone pointed it out. Now I can’t un-see it. Every time I reread the Commedia, I catch myself watching for those tiny Italian words—tu and voi—like they’re secret messages written in plain sight. And honestly? They are. In medieval Tuscan Italian, the … Read more