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On The Act Of Falling: The Role Of Physical Movement Within Dante’S Inferno, Aomeng Cui
On The Act Of Falling: The Role Of Physical Movement Within Dante’S Inferno, Aomeng Cui
Agora
This paper examines the significance of physical movement in Dante’s Inferno to understand the relationship between internal spirit and external behavior. Dante the Pilgrim’s lengthy journey through Hell is marked by many instances of “falling,” which demonstrate his loss of control over this physical body and reflect his inward spiritual weakening. Dante the Poet illustrates these falls through metaphorical descriptions which distance the individual from a shameful act. Still, Dante relates the movement of “climbing” through a more intimate first- or second- person perspective, which appears to relate the physical difficulty of climbing to mental strength. Through examination of various …
"A Page From The Song Of Songs": Études In Allegoresis, Andres Wilson
"A Page From The Song Of Songs": Études In Allegoresis, Andres Wilson
Doctoral Dissertations
This study examines some of the ways in which exegetical traditions and other medieval creative work grew out of the conventional hermeneutics of allegorizing the biblical Song of Songs. Beginning with a close reading of the Hebrew poem itself, this work continues by probing the unique disconnect between the Song’s literal meaning that exegetes either struggled to comprehend or chose to ignore, and the poem’s significance as a sacrosanct, canonical text in both the Jewish and Christian worlds. The displacement of the poem’s literal reading for an amorphous figurative one resulted in a rich legacy of creative commentary and literary …
Mysteries Of Paradise Revealed & Concealed, Brittany Bryant
Mysteries Of Paradise Revealed & Concealed, Brittany Bryant
Seaver College Research And Scholarly Achievement Symposium
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