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Tag Archives: Dante
The Poetry of Hummingbirds
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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.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Castaway", "Task", Alexander Pope, Desire, Essay on Man, Inferno, James Thomson, Jane Austen, Relationships, Seasons, Sense and Sensibility, Sir Walter Scott, William Cowper Comments closed
O Virgin Mother, Daughter of the Sun
To celebrate Mother’s Day, here’s the moment in “Paradiso” when Dante meets Mary.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Ode to the West Wind", Divine Comedy, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Paradiso, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Virgin Mary Comments closed
Will Trump Pay? Literature Is Unsure
Will Trump escape all accountability? Literature weighs in.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Beggar's Opera, Bertolt Brecht, Candide, Donald Trump, Henry Fielding, impeachment hearings, Importance of Being Earnest, Inferno, John Gay, Oscar Wilde, Threepenny Opera, Tom Jones, Voltaire Comments closed
Erotic Love, a Window into God
Some Christian see a clash between sex and love. Dante and Milton found ways to reconcile them.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged erotic love, John Milton, Paradise, Paradise Lost, Purgatorio, Valentine's Day Comments closed
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.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged 2020 election, Antipope Benedict XIII, Boniface VIII, corruption, Donald Trump, Nicholas III, public corruption Comments closed
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.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged authoritarianism, Citizen Kane, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Heart of Darkness, It Can't Happen Here, Joseph Conrad, Orson Welles, Purgatory, Sinclair Lewis Comments closed