Love, Lust, and Lancelot: Dante's Inferno, Canto 5

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Dante's Inferno, Episode 5: Can Pagans Be Saved?

Hell is murky. Today we enter limbo, which is technically the least painful section of hell but actually leaves me with some of the toughest questions in the poem. What does Dante make--what do Christians in general make--of all the noble, wise, and humane people who apparently l ...  Show more

Dante's Inferno, Episode 4: Nothing Is Very Strong

ABANDON ALL HOPE, YE WHO ENTER HERE: We've made it at last to the gates of hell, and we're on our way to the river of Acheron. On the way, we'll meet the "neutrals" and the cowards—those who never lived and have no names. From here on out, the poem becomes a horror movie. But in ...  Show more

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