“I did not die, nor did I stay alive:” The Dark Grace of Nonexistence in Inferno XXXIV
Article | অংশগ্রহণকারী(রা): Francis J. Caponi
In the final canto of Inferno, Dante confronts Dis, “la creatura ch’ebbe il bel sembiante” (XXXIV.18). In response, the poet declares: “Io non mori’ e non rimasi vivo; / pensa oggimai per te, s’hai fior d’ingegno, / qual io divenni, d’uno e d’altro privo.” (XXXIV.22-27) Beneath this apparently...