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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... writes , " It is necessary that the ultimate aim of the universe be the gift of understanding ; this gift , then , is the truth . ' > 10 In the final version of his commentary , Pietro Alighieri ( 1978 , 77 ) expands the Aristotelian ...
... writes , " It is necessary that the ultimate aim of the universe be the gift of understanding ; this gift , then , is the truth . ' > 10 In the final version of his commentary , Pietro Alighieri ( 1978 , 77 ) expands the Aristotelian ...
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... writes of fear , Landino , whose text reads errore , writes of ignorance . This fits the text better , because it was not fear , but ignorance that made him question . " Notwithstanding Boccaccio's reading , the early nineteenth ...
... writes of fear , Landino , whose text reads errore , writes of ignorance . This fits the text better , because it was not fear , but ignorance that made him question . " Notwithstanding Boccaccio's reading , the early nineteenth ...
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... writes Benvenuto.1 This was , perhaps , too concise an interpretation but certainly an accept- able explanation . On this occasion , the first critic to mislead the com- mentators was Boccaccio , apparently through an excess of reason ...
... writes Benvenuto.1 This was , perhaps , too concise an interpretation but certainly an accept- able explanation . On this occasion , the first critic to mislead the com- mentators was Boccaccio , apparently through an excess of reason ...
Contents
The Inscription ΙΟ | 2 |
Spiritual Readiness to Enter Hell | 18 |
The Great Coward | 39 |
Copyright | |
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