Dante saw art as essential to salvation. Religious doctrine and moral reasoning, while important, were not enough.
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Tag Archives: Dante
Do Not Let Your Anger Drown You
Many Trump supporters are consumed by anger. Dante shows how they construct their own hells in the process.
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Trump as a Gibbering Ice Giant
For those expecting a coherent debate out of Trump tonight, check out the ice giant Nimrod in Dante’s “Inferno.” We can expect the same incoherence from the president.
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The Dark World of the Suicidal
The suicide della Vigna in Dante’s Wood of Suicides is a noble man who, however, has lost touch with God.
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Does Lit Lead to Illicit Sex?
Dante’s beautifully tragic account of Paolo and Francesca captures–as many great works do–the dangers of total absorption in a relationship.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Adultery, Charlotte Bronte, Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus, Goethe, Inferno, Jane Eyre, Paolo and Francesca, passionate love, Romeo and Juliet, Samuel Johnson, Sorrows of Young Werther, Stephenie Meyer, Twilight, William Shakespeare Comments closed
In a Dark Time, Beowulf Was My Virgil
If Dante had his Virgil, I have Beowulf. Both poets helped up negotiate dark times.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Aeneid, Beowulf, Beowulf poet, Divine Comedy, grief and grieving, Virgil Comments closed
Better Living through Virgil
When lost in deep depression, Dante turns to his favorite author, Virgil, to help him out.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Aeneid, Christopher Marlowe, Divine Comedy, Doctor Faustus, Virgil Comments closed
Black Lives Matter Changes the Canon
Black Lives Matter is getting some professors to rethink works they had previously defended
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Harold Bloom, Heart of Darkness, Homer, Joseph Conrad, literary canon, Shakespeare, Virgil Comments closed
The Good Place & Dante’s Inferno
The show “The Good Place” provides insight into Dante’s Inferno.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Divine Comedy, Good Place, Inferno, Jean Paul Sartre, No Exit Comments closed