Dante's journey is a cosmic journey that takes the reader with him, not merely a private literary itinerary.
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Jiang says Dante reaches the answer to the human-in-God paradox but refuses to state it because the poem only works when each reader puts the pieces together.
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Jiang says Dante reaches the answer to the human-in-God paradox but refuses to state it because the poem only works when each reader puts the pieces together.
Meaning is co-created: the reader's understanding and interpretation give life and power to sparse biblical words.
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"So they're not in purgatory, okay? And what Cato is saying is that purgatory is a mountain. They have to climb the mountain to..."
"How is it that a human is within God itself? That should not be possible. We are separate. God is good. We are evil...."
"But then my mind was struck by light that flashed and with this light received what it had been asked. He now has an..."
"-creation. Okay? Your meaning co -creation. Your meaning your understanding your interpretation is what gives life to these words. There are not many words..."
"...and a powerful intuition, but it probably isn't the way most readers take the poem, let alone the Connecticut national reading to identify with..."
"...books what makes me what what makes me distinct as a reader is when I read books I'm able to perceive or go into..."
"...story about David is to use these stories to let the readers, the Israel people, to understand the story about David. To understand their..."
"...created a very powerful story that has captured the imagination of readers"
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