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The correct third Dante is not the reader but the writer or poet, a figure Jiang distinguishes from both the pilgrim protagonist and the historical Dante.
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"CAROL ANNE RIDDLE JR.: The reader. No, we're the reader. So who's the third Dante? Maybe the Holy Father, Holy Son. CAROL ANNE RIDDLE..."
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