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3 timestamped hits 1 source reading 1 extracted note Aliases: close-readings

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Close Reading

Jiang says he uses Allen Mandelbaum's translation because it is accessible, and he avoids close reading The Divine Comedy because translated diction cannot bear that kind of word-level analysis.

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Jiang says he uses Allen Mandelbaum's translation because it is accessible, and he avoids close reading The Divine Comedy because translated diction cannot bear that kind of word-level analysis.

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Dante's Jigsaw Puzzle Of Love And God

2025-01-07, day precision · Civilization #29: Dante's Divine Comedy and the Liberation of the Human Imagination

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"using this as a pretext in order to speak the truth okay does that make sense he he needs he needs funding he needs..."

Dante's Jigsaw Puzzle Of Love And God

2025-01-07, day precision · Civilization #29: Dante's Divine Comedy and the Liberation of the Human Imagination

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"...was written in Tuscan I've tried I tried to avoid a close reading okay uh because with close reading you want to analyze the..."

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