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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... Virgilian references , " Orror : Aen . II [ 559 ] -Me tum primum saevus circumstetit horror . Here orror is better than error , which is weak and imprecise . " It is mainly because Tommaseo cited such an authoritative source that his ...
... Virgilian references , " Orror : Aen . II [ 559 ] -Me tum primum saevus circumstetit horror . Here orror is better than error , which is weak and imprecise . " It is mainly because Tommaseo cited such an authoritative source that his ...
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... Virgilian citation could create a sense of déjà vu in the reader . However , when the pilgrim , filled with humble shame at the veiled rebuke he detected in his guide's words , lowers his eyes and silently and pensively follows his ...
... Virgilian citation could create a sense of déjà vu in the reader . However , when the pilgrim , filled with humble shame at the veiled rebuke he detected in his guide's words , lowers his eyes and silently and pensively follows his ...
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... Virgilian echo , miraturque novas frondes . " However , as Ronconi ( 1981 , 1202 ) notes : if the presumed Virgilian echo has to be ... the most convinc- ing piece of evidence in support of the reading vede , it must be clearly stated ...
... Virgilian echo , miraturque novas frondes . " However , as Ronconi ( 1981 , 1202 ) notes : if the presumed Virgilian echo has to be ... the most convinc- ing piece of evidence in support of the reading vede , it must be clearly stated ...
Contents
The Inscription ΙΟ | 2 |
Spiritual Readiness to Enter Hell | 18 |
The Great Coward | 39 |
Copyright | |
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