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Jiang frames the invocation as paradoxical because Dante calls on Apollo in order to envision or express a Christian heaven.
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Dante's invocation of Apollo is not only a request for divine power but also a deliberate recollection of the stories that made Apollo famous.
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Jiang identifies the poem's reference to a god in this passage as a continued appeal to Apollo rather than to the Christian Father.
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Jiang says Dante wants to summon Apollo and that the symbolic configuration of four circles with three crosses names the best way of reaching or invoking him.
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Jiang interprets Dante's appeal to Minerva, Apollo, and the Muses as an invocation of every possible form of inspiration needed for a journey no one has previously made.
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"So again, this is paradoxical, where he is invoking Apollo in order to scry a Christian heaven. Okay? Keep on going."
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"Right. But Apollo loved her so much that he also makes the laurel tree his symbol, right? Yeah. So if you are a champion,..."
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"Okay. So let's try to unpack what's going on. Okay? So he's saying he wants to reach Apollo. He wants to summon and invoke..."
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"Okay. So, now he's talking directly to us, the reader, right? He's the poet. He's talking to us, the reader. Keep on going."
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"The waves I take were never sailed before. Minerva breathes, Apollo pilots me, and the nine muses show to me the veil. Okay."
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"So, again, he's invoking all possible inspirations to help him through this process. Okay? And no one's ever been on this journey before. And..."
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Jiang opens the Dante series by doing something deliberately strange: he starts with Paradise, rejects the clever but dead answer, and says imagination is the road to truth.
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