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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... continues to the end.2 Thus begins Pietro Alighieri's commentary on this canto . Guido da Pisa ( 1974 , 55 ) also insisted on this sensible division into three parts , as did Guiniforto Bargigi ( 1838 ) in the fifteenth century . The ...
... continues to the end.2 Thus begins Pietro Alighieri's commentary on this canto . Guido da Pisa ( 1974 , 55 ) also insisted on this sensible division into three parts , as did Guiniforto Bargigi ( 1838 ) in the fifteenth century . The ...
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... continues with the citation from John 6:61 ( " Durus est hic sermo " ) , which he considers a confirmation of the first meaning , namely , " hard to understand . ” However , this biblical inter- pretation is rather daring and is not in ...
... continues with the citation from John 6:61 ( " Durus est hic sermo " ) , which he considers a confirmation of the first meaning , namely , " hard to understand . ” However , this biblical inter- pretation is rather daring and is not in ...
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... continues : " Perhaps to warn him that one should proceed quietly and with care to this first part of Hell . " Boccaccio , following in the wake of Pietro Alighieri , noted the beginning of the “ third part , ” but was more at- tracted ...
... continues : " Perhaps to warn him that one should proceed quietly and with care to this first part of Hell . " Boccaccio , following in the wake of Pietro Alighieri , noted the beginning of the “ third part , ” but was more at- tracted ...
Contents
The Inscription ΙΟ | 2 |
Spiritual Readiness to Enter Hell | 18 |
The Great Coward | 39 |
Copyright | |
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