Getting Ready For Canto XIII Of Dante's Inferno
Without a doubt, Canto XIII of INFERNO is one of the most astounding in the enter canticle of pain. It ranks up there with Canto V and the lustful, with X and the heretics, and with some of the ones w...
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At Long Last, The Violent Appear: Inferno, Canto XII, Lines 103 - 139
INFERNO, Canto XII, comes to its conclusion with a "zoo" of those who have been violent against others, including Alexander the Great (perhaps), Attila the Hun (more sure), and even local brigands fro...
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Astride a Centaur: Inferno, Canto XII, Lines 76 - 102
In INFERNO, the question of our pilgrim's corporeality continues to dog us (and perhaps the poet). Is the pilgrim in his body? Is this "merely" a dream sequence in which he's imagining he's in a body?...
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The Centaurs--A Rider Without A Horse Or A Horse Without A Rider: Inferno, Canto XII, Lines 49 - 75
We've come to the river of blood in the seventh circle of INFERNO, the first ring of the violent--and we don't meet any sinners. Instead, we meet the tormentors: the centaurs who fire cruel arrows at ...
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More On Virgil's Life Outside Of Comedy: Inferno, Canto XII, Lines 31 - 48
In this passage from INFERNO, Virgil offers us (and the pilgrim, Dante) more of a glimpse into his last trek to the bottom of hell. Here, he tells us that things have changed, that hell now lies in ru...
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This Way To The Violent, Down The Slope, Past The Minotaur: Inferno, Canto XII, Lines 1 - 30
Virgil has finished his lesson on the geography of hell, he's answered the pilgrim's two questions, and we're back to the start of Canto XI, only at the start of Canto XII.Here, Dante, our pilgrim, co...
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Too Many Footnotes and Not Enough Time to Reflect
At the end of INFERNO Canto XI, we've already come a long with our pilgrim Dante. We've also encountered lots of moments that need explanation and lots of interpretive knots.But I want to call our att...
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Usury + Violence = A Theory Of Art: INFERNO, Canto XI, Lines 91 - 114
Our pilgrim, Dante, dares to ask Virgil a second question. This one's harder. So much so that even Virgil seems hesitant.Why is usury punished so far down in hell? And why is usury punished among the ...
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