Inferno IIIThe third volume in the series Lectura Dantis Americana is Maria Picchio Simonelli's study of Inferno III. Primarily philological in its focus, the book examines in detail a number of the cruces found in this canto, which initiates the voyage to the underworld in Dante's poem. |
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... Landino , who asserted that " the poet adorns this opening with two rhetorical tropes , using repetitio and expositio . ” 5 He then states that " expositio occurs when in several clauses , although the words are different , the meaning ...
... Landino , who asserted that " the poet adorns this opening with two rhetorical tropes , using repetitio and expositio . ” 5 He then states that " expositio occurs when in several clauses , although the words are different , the meaning ...
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... Landino.23 Gelli explains : " in that place dwell the lost people who are eternally damned to pain by the same sentence , just as many citizens dwell in a city under the same law . " 24 Gelli thus vindicates the appropriateness of ...
... Landino.23 Gelli explains : " in that place dwell the lost people who are eternally damned to pain by the same sentence , just as many citizens dwell in a city under the same law . " 24 Gelli thus vindicates the appropriateness of ...
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... Landino seems to lean toward Pope Celestine V , although his comment is preceded by the words " some say . " But he ... Landino's gloss is strange indeed : on the one hand , he accepts the identity of the " saint " as a damned soul , on ...
... Landino seems to lean toward Pope Celestine V , although his comment is preceded by the words " some say . " But he ... Landino's gloss is strange indeed : on the one hand , he accepts the identity of the " saint " as a damned soul , on ...
Contents
The Inscription ΙΟ | 2 |
Spiritual Readiness to Enter Hell | 18 |
The Great Coward | 39 |
Copyright | |
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accepted Acheron Aeneid allegorical angels anima Anonimo Fiorentino ante-Inferno autem Bargigi Benvenuto 1887 Boccaccio Boccaccio 1918 Boniface canto Castelvetro Celestine's century ch'io Charon Church cielo citation cites colui Commedia commentary Convivio cose cowardice damned souls Dante Alighieri Dante the pilgrim Dante's death defend Diocletian Divina Commedia divine duro early commentators edition Epistola eternal evil explain fact fece fece per viltade fiume Francesco da Buti Gelli gloss gran rifiuto Graziolo Guido da Pisa Hell Iacopo della Lana Ibid ignavi Inferno inscription interpretation l'Autore Landino Lombardi lor semenza Mazzoni mondo occhi orror Ottimo Padoan Paradiso Paratore passage persona Petrocchi Pietro Alighieri 1978 Pilate Pope Celestine punishment Purgatory pusillanimous souls quale quia quod Rambaldi reader reading error reference renunciation Robert Hollander sanza Sapegno scholars seems seme di lor sinners speak spirits stemma Summa theologica tercet tion vede verses viltà viltade il gran Virgil Virgilian words