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... turning back " to history is itself the basis of conversion ; a turning back to move forward in one's journey toward the true goal in Christ . Just as man's movement toward salvation involves a " look back " to history in order to unify ...
... turning back " to history is itself the basis of conversion ; a turning back to move forward in one's journey toward the true goal in Christ . Just as man's movement toward salvation involves a " look back " to history in order to unify ...
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... turned into literature . In other words , where the events of the pilgrim's history merge into the events of the poet's " poem - history . " Here , events in the past are translated into a poetic present which always looks forward to ...
... turned into literature . In other words , where the events of the pilgrim's history merge into the events of the poet's " poem - history . " Here , events in the past are translated into a poetic present which always looks forward to ...
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... turned to sadness . The poet speaks of a joy ( in terms of the sky ) which is immediately followed by a lament for the pilgrim's object of vision , the four stars , which cannot be seen in the other hemi- sphere . Ulysses ' words also ...
... turned to sadness . The poet speaks of a joy ( in terms of the sky ) which is immediately followed by a lament for the pilgrim's object of vision , the four stars , which cannot be seen in the other hemi- sphere . Ulysses ' words also ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Misreadings in Inferno XX and Purgatorio XXI | 14 |
History to Narrative | 31 |
Copyright | |
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