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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... tion ( 1838 , 55 ) also follows that of Guido da Pisa . Some one hundred years after Buti , Landino provided the explanation still accepted today : the things that existed before Hell was created " were prime matter , the Heavens , and ...
... tion ( 1838 , 55 ) also follows that of Guido da Pisa . Some one hundred years after Buti , Landino provided the explanation still accepted today : the things that existed before Hell was created " were prime matter , the Heavens , and ...
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... tion to the problem . To depart from this quarrel , let us turn to Dante's questions ( “ che è quel ch'ï'odo ? / e che gent ' è . . . ? " ) . These are somewhat redundant . The second question in fact contains an answer implicit in the ...
... tion to the problem . To depart from this quarrel , let us turn to Dante's questions ( “ che è quel ch'ï'odo ? / e che gent ' è . . . ? " ) . These are somewhat redundant . The second question in fact contains an answer implicit in the ...
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... tion . " Tommaseo ( 1865 , 38 ) defends vede by recalling a passage in the Georgics ( II , 82 ) : " Miraturque novas frondes et non sua poma . " Berthier ( 1892 , 48 ) leans toward vede and observes that " vede is very expressive ...
... tion . " Tommaseo ( 1865 , 38 ) defends vede by recalling a passage in the Georgics ( II , 82 ) : " Miraturque novas frondes et non sua poma . " Berthier ( 1892 , 48 ) leans toward vede and observes that " vede is very expressive ...
Contents
The Inscription ΙΟ | 2 |
Spiritual Readiness to Enter Hell | 18 |
The Great Coward | 39 |
Copyright | |
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