Heretics · Character
Dante
Dante Alighieri, Italian poet, cited for his Divine Comedy.
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First appearance: heretics
Dante shows up with force in II: On the Negative Spirit. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Chesterton contrasts Dante's 'Divine Comedy' with Ibsen's 'Ghosts', noting that Dante describes Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell, while Ibsen only has Hell.
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In II: On the Negative Spirit: Chesterton contrasts Dante's 'Divine Comedy' with Ibsen's 'Ghosts', noting that Dante describes Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell, while Ibsen only has Hell. Later, in VII: Omar and the Sacred…
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