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IS DANTE AN EVERYMAN?
Not every man is a poet gifted with a lexicon of language so extraordinary as to inspire a nation to rethink their relationship with God.
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Writer Alex
- Oct 19, 2020
- 4 min
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Satan is reduced to a grotesque; a shrieking bestial distortion, shrunken to a tragic parody of the Trinity; the antithesis of Divine glory.
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Writer Alex
- Sep 23, 2020
- 4 min
THE LAW OF CONTRAPASSO
The monstrous beast, Minos, works to the law of Contrapasso, dictating that for every sin there is an equal and fitting punishment.
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Writer Alex
- Sep 19, 2020
- 4 min
RESURRECTING A CLASSIC FOR CONTEMPORARY READERS
These classics are ripe for rediscovery and should not be abandoned purely because of a reluctance to decode archaic text.
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Writer Alex
- Jul 17, 2020
- 5 min
WHO IS DANTE’S QUEEN BEE?
Let’s not forget those powerful, sassy, bold, determined females to whom Dante pays tribute throughout the poem.
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Writer Alex
- Jul 14, 2020
- 3 min
HOW DANTE ROCKED THE ART WORLD
So graphic was Dante's Inferno it whipped Renaissance artists into a frenzy, influencing and transforming their creative depictions of Hell.
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Writer Alex
- Jul 6, 2020
- 4 min
IS FLORENCE A METAPHOR FOR PARADISE?
The discerning reader should deduce that Florence is Dante’s own little piece of Heaven.
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Writer Alex
- Jul 4, 2020
- 4 min
WHY DANTE STILL RESONATES 700 YEARS LATER
Dante's work remains timeless precisely because human nature never changes. Therefore, the big themes will always present.
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Writer Alex
- Jul 2, 2020
- 5 min
THE DIVINE COMEDY IS MORE THAN INFERNO
Let's consider the sacrilege that Purgatory and Paradise have been largely ignored as poor relations...
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Writer Alex
- Jun 29, 2020
- 3 min
IS DANTE HAVING A MID-LIFE CRISIS?
Be clear, this is a sophisticated, 14th century intervention with its own steps to recovery.
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Writer Alex
- Jun 28, 2020
- 3 min
IS THE DIVINE COMEDY A LOVE STORY?
Did you know that as much as Dante’s Inferno is a tale of torture and suffering, it's also a love story? Neither did I.
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Writer Alex
- Jun 23, 2020
- 5 min
HOW TO CHOOSE A BOOK TITLE
Let me take you through the three working titles Beyond The Inferno had before it evolved and became exactly that...
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