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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "That's right, okay? That's a really important thing to appreciate, where maybe from an early age, he's able to conceive the Divine Comedy, okay?..."
Jiang extends that model to readers by saying reading the Divine Comedy can produce spiritual and emotional alchemy in the reader just as writing it transformed Dante.
Jiang insists the real answer must be concrete: reading Dante should change how you see yourself and the world, not just leave you with a generic sense of beauty or courage.
"That's right, okay? That's a really important thing to appreciate, where maybe from an early age, he's able to conceive the Divine Comedy, okay?..."
"Okay, okay. Again, you're being too general. I want specifics. What did we discuss these past two days? And what impact would they have..."
The seminar begins with line-by-line questions and expands into a larger claim: Dante matters because poetry trains imagination, vows turn hope into action, and faith, hope, and love stop meaning obedience and start meaning...
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