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- Title
'The Distorting Mirror of Hell (On the Interpretation of Pluto's Words in Dante's Inferno VII, 1)'
- Authors
Nikulin, Dmitri
- Abstract
Proposes an interpretation of the phrase 'pape Satan aleppe' in Dante Alighieri's poem 'Inferno.' Assumptions that lie behind Dante's description of hell; Parallelism between Pluto's 'oscure parole' and the inscription on the infernal gates; Consideration of the intrinsic reflection of the divine within the created and the distorting character of hell; Theological and philosophical presuppositions underlying the entire structure of the 'Divine Comedy.'
- Subjects
DIVINE Comedy, The (Poem : Dante). Inferno; DANTE Alighieri, 1265-1321; HADES (Greek deity); HELL in literature
- Publication
Orbis Litterarum, 2000, Vol 55, Issue 4, p250
- ISSN
0105-7510
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1034/j.1600-0730.2000.d01-16.x