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The Suffering Empire and the Suffering Christ in Dante’s Inferno

The Suffering Empire and the Suffering Christ in Dante’s Inferno

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The Suffering Empire and the Suffering Christ in Dante’s Inferno

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The Suffering Empire and the Suffering Christ in Dante’s Inferno

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Annali d'italianistica

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Annali d'italianistica, 2021-01, Vol.39, p.27-86

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English

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Annali d'italianistica

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The presence of imperial themes in Purgatorio and Paradiso has been well recognized, but it has long been asserted that Dante’s Inferno is almost devoid of references to the Empire. This essay argues that imperial references, although muted by the dystopian climate of Hell, are found not just at the beginning of the cantica, as is well known, but a...

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The Suffering Empire and the Suffering Christ in Dante’s Inferno

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TN_cdi_gale_lrcgauss_A695907076

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_gale_lrcgauss_A695907076

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0741-7527

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