On Clive James’ Curious Translation Of Canto 25 Of Dante’s Purgatorio
On Wednesday evening I was reading Clive James’ translation of the 25th Canto of Dante’s Purgatory with my private student Dr. M and was struck by the curious convolutions of the passage on the generation of the human soul. To put it in its context, Virgil is leading Dante through [Read more…]