Tag Archives: Dante

The Poetry of Hummingbirds

Hummingbirds are simultaneously beautiful and terrifying, as D. H. Lawrence points out.

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Eternally Damned after Reading a Book

In which I compare Austen’s Marianne and Willoughby to Dante’s Paulo and Francesca.

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O Virgin Mother, Daughter of the Sun

To celebrate Mother’s Day, here’s the moment in “Paradiso” when Dante meets Mary.

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Will Trump Pay? Literature Is Unsure

Will Trump escape all accountability? Literature weighs in.

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Erotic Love, a Window into God

Some Christian see a clash between sex and love. Dante and Milton found ways to reconcile them.

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Trump Resembles Dante’s Corrupt Popes

Trump’s resemblance to Antipope Benedict XIII spells trouble for America’s immediate future. We’ve already seen his resemblance to Dante’s Boniface VIII.

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Dante on Life beyond Resentment

The envious in Dante’s “Purgatorio” shows that one can move past one’s resentments–important for the Biden administration to know.

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Inferno’s Ditch Reserved for Mitch

Republicans enabling Trump in his attempts to subvert the 2020 election have a special place reserved from them in Dante’s Inferno: Circle 8, Bolgia 8.

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“Citizen Kane” Foretells Trump

“Citizen Kane” is Trump’s favorite movie. It matches up only too well with his presidency.

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