Machiavelli is considered to have been an "admirer" of Dante, but his Asino is also read as satire on Dante. So what is the position of the Commedia in Machiavelli’s poetry? This volume provides a nuanced answer that combines hermeneutic approaches with a computer-based analysis of the "Danticity" of Machiavelli’s tercets. It also examines the opportunities and limits of the new methods developed for the analysis.
