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Part IV: The Perplexing Role of Virgil in Dante’s Divine Comedy
1 Comment Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen October 13th, 2007 in Dante, Divine Comedy, Virgil
As we continue to journey with Dante, we read in Purgatorio, Canto IX of Dante’s dream in which an eagle descends, picks Dante up, and then the two mysteriously become one in an image involving fire. As we read further, Virgil informs us that Dante’s dream actually reflects allegorically what happened while Dante was asleep. [...]
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