12. Purgatory X, XI, XII, XVI, XVII
Dante in Translation (ITAL 310) In this lecture, Professor Mazzotta moves from the terrace of pride (Purgatory XXII) to the terrace of wrath (Purgatory XVIXVII). The relationship between art and pride, introduced in the previous lecture in the context of Canto X, is pursued along theological lines in the cantos immediately following. The ludic theology Dante embraces in these cantos resurfaces on the terrace of wrath, where Marco Lombardo s speech on the traditional problem of divine foreknowledge an
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