Two quick references to supplement our reading of Paradiso 33: In "Paradiso 33: Invisible Ink" , Teodolinda Barolini brilliantl...

προαιρεῖσθαί τε δεῖ ἀδύνατα εἰκότα μᾶλλον ἢ δυνατὰ ἀπίθανα What is convincing though impossible should always be preferred to what is p...

The arc of the Paradiso has been a movement from the particular to the universal, moving towards the primo amore -- the source of all Being...

Paradiso 32 comes across as dry and devoid of embellishment when compared with the cantos immediately preceding and the stunning final can...

By the standards of USian hero movies, Paradiso 32 ought to be the victory lap. Entering the stadium having passed every test, the Hollywo...

It's often remarked that the late canti of Paradiso are redolent with Virgilian echoes, prompting commentators to ponder why, since Vi...

(An interpolation - I do intend to get back to the question of parabasis in Paradiso 30 ) As noted previously , the final cantos of the ...

Forse semilia miglia di lontano ci ferve l'ora sesta, e questo mondo china già l'ombra quasi al letto piano, Paradiso 30 does...

Mankind is engaged in a continual conversation with tradition - Hans-Georg Gadamer. Part of the work of the Commedia lies in its inte...

To perceive means to immobilize... we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself. - H. Bergson Paradis...