Virgil explains that he is guiding Dante under orders from a lady sent from heaven because Dante came close to spiritual death through his own folly.
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Heavenly mandate
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"Line 49. My guide took hold of me decisively by way of words and hands and other signs. He made my knees and brow..."
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Jiang turns late Inferno and early Purgatorio into a struggle over imagination itself.
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