Documentary

Dante's Divine Comedy

William R. Cook and Ronald B. Herzman · 2001

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Context2001lived_experience

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Sex & Religion

What this book knows

The Divine Comedy maps the soul's journey through sin, purgation, and beatitude as a total education in being human.

Sex: Present
Work: Absent
Learning: Primary
Religion: Primary

faith-and-doubteducation-and-formationdesire

desire

Francesca tells Dante how she was drawn into an illicit relationship with her silent lover Paolo, her husband's brother — subjecting reason to desire.
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faith-and-doubt

The first sustained encounter with a figure of the afterlife is particularly important for understanding the nature of hell and the essence of all sins encountered there.
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education-and-formation

Augustine provides Dante with the model for writing about himself, fusing biblical and classical traditions in a spiritual autobiography.
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2 published passages · documentary · lived experience

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