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Jiang says Dante could push his critique because the Catholic Church was split between rival centers and rival papal factions, leaving no single authority able to suppress him cleanly.
"Okay, so some historical context. Why Dante is able to do what he's doing is because the world is in turmoil, because the Catholic..."
The late cantos become Jiang's sharpest Dante claim so far: faith is not obedience but imagination that helps make truth real, hope is the arrogant wager that exile and persecution can still bear fruit,...
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