Sense of Place

Tag: Inferno

  • Dante at Dusk

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    by Nicolette L. Cagle, October 9, 2026, Ravenna, Italy “Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vitami ritrovai per una selva oscura,ché la diritta via era smarrita.” Midway through the journey of our life,I found myself in a dark wood,for the straight way had been lost. —Dante, Inferno, I, 1–3 In midlife, old texts take on…

  • Emotional Geography: From Dante to Teenage Poetry

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    by Nicolette L. Cagle, PhD, June 21, 2026 While re-reading excerpts of Dante’s Divine Comedy, it occurred to me that place and landscape play a large role in his spiritual and moral journey with the venerable Virgil. Writing in exile between 1308 and 1321, cast from his birthplace and home city of Florence, Dante’s Divine Comedy relies on…