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One Final Dante Post: A List of Helpful Resources
For my last post on the Divine Comedy I thought I would share of list of various resources—-translations, essays, books, etc.—that I found helpful and a joy to read along the way. Translations: The Divine Comedy, translated by Robin Kirkpatrick, … Continue reading
Filed under Essay, Italian Literature, Osip Mandelstam, Poetry
Full of Delights, of Pleasure, Of Tenderness: The Poets’ Dante
I have been reading some of the essays from The Poets’ Dante which arrived in the mail yesterday. It is a collection of writing from some of the most prominent 20th century poets who reflect on how Dante has shaped … Continue reading
Filed under British Literature, Classics, Italian Literature
Open Your Eyes and See What I am Now: Beatrice and Dante in Paradise
This has already proven to be a long, tough week but I have been elevated by reading Dante’s Paradise. My favorite experience in reading this final book in the Divine Comedy has been the interaction between Dante and Beatrice as … Continue reading
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Let Mortals Never Take a Vow in Jest: Dante Paradise Canto V and Catullus
No, I haven’t lost my mind, you read that title correctly. I wrote a post at this time last year discussing the similarities I noted between Catullus’s love poems and Dante’s Vita Nuova. As I was reading the final book … Continue reading
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A Sense of Expectation and Agonizing Impatience: Some Thoughts on Dante’s Purgatory
Osip Mandelstam’s essay on the Divine Comedy, “Conversation about Dante” is a magnificent work of art in and of itself. The Russian poet uses the most sublime language to describe the complexities of Dante’s poetic speech, rhythm and structure; he compares various parts of the … Continue reading
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