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Dante
Dec 21, 2006 19:23:06 GMT -5
Post by jaguar on Dec 21, 2006 19:23:06 GMT -5
Currently reading The Inferno again. How do you feel about his work?
The metaphysical tension and exceptional images of pain/wonder are often breathtaking.
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Dante
Dec 23, 2006 19:43:08 GMT -5
Post by fivestarloony on Dec 23, 2006 19:43:08 GMT -5
I'm afraid I haven't yet had the opportunity to read Dante's Inferno, although I have listed to part of a series of lectures about it. It interests me, although what I know of the moralistic themes in it tend to make me hesitate about picking it up. Works with a largly religious focus has never sat well with me. Poetically, what little I've seen has been compelling, although I'm sure much of the linguistic beauty is lost via translation.
What would you say was the most compelling line or canto in its imagery (from your opinion, of course)? What spoke to you the most strongly?
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Dante
Dec 24, 2006 3:00:32 GMT -5
Post by jaguar on Dec 24, 2006 3:00:32 GMT -5
Yes, the religious stance is not one either of us subscribe to. The beginning and end both are absolutely beautiful. The middle is quite repetitious in form. The references to all these latin spirits Dante remembered fondly upon seeing them in hell is a great bore for a reader that would never have known them.
Interestingly enough, Radiohead wrote a great song loosly based off the book. In the book there are lines directly referenced by the song. If you haven't already, hear "Pyramid Song" if you have a chance.
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