Paradiso - Dante Aligheiri - 4 views
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#1 Sean Winkler on 25 Jan 11In the literary criticism of Paradiso, by Jeremy Tambling, the argument that Dante Aligheiri's Paradiso was an "L'antico errore" or an "ancient error" of love lost and was articulated through a series of metaphors and examples. It is Dante becoming a cultural comparativist, although he does not believe in Venus he uses it in his Paradiso acting as an ancient believer when he is truly a more modern believer of the divine. Tambling shows Dante's thought process through Purgatorio by putting the lustful at the highest cornice on Mount Purgatory. It is this act that Tambling argues to the point that Dante's love is in effect erotic lust. It is this sin that Dante places closest to heavenly pleasure. Tambling uses the metaphor that the souls in the moon, all women, are lovers this runs parallel to violence through the cantos effectively conveying the idea of violent love. The violent love is the love known only to those maddened with its lustful characteristics. It is the maddening power of Venus that cause this and it is the final and greatest shadow and stain on the soul causing the violent lust in all.
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#3 Sean Winkler on 15 Feb 11web.ebscohost.com.lib.chandleraz.gov
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#4 Sean Winkler on 15 Feb 11Literary Reference Center - powered by EBSCOhost: THE VIOLENCE OF VENUS: EROTICISM IN PARADISO