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susansontag 's review for:
The Divine Comedy
by Dante Alighieri
This is my second time reading it, and this time I read it in conjunction with a free Yale course, which really was an enlightening experience.
Dante was absolutely brilliant. The symmetry, the paradoxes, the chiasms, the political commentary, the silver lining, continuous motifs and themes? masterful. not to even begin to mention the gorgeous imagery, the wordsmithing and the use of mythological images! not to forget the neo-platonic ideals!
the personal growth of the poet and the pilgrim as they journey through the spiral of the cosmos? *chef's kiss*
it truly is deserving of being called an encyclopedia, for this? was an education. It takes time to get through and without proper guidance - (not unlike how Dante would have been lost without his guides) - it is overwhelming to chew through, but oh it was worth it.
Dante was absolutely brilliant. The symmetry, the paradoxes, the chiasms, the political commentary, the silver lining, continuous motifs and themes? masterful. not to even begin to mention the gorgeous imagery, the wordsmithing and the use of mythological images! not to forget the neo-platonic ideals!
the personal growth of the poet and the pilgrim as they journey through the spiral of the cosmos? *chef's kiss*
it truly is deserving of being called an encyclopedia, for this? was an education. It takes time to get through and without proper guidance - (not unlike how Dante would have been lost without his guides) - it is overwhelming to chew through, but oh it was worth it.