Erminia wrote:
> the problem with the Commedia is that it is such a summa teologica
> such a philosophical compendium such an ars poetica such a unity of purpose
> such a display of genius such a metaphysical Pindaric flight
> such a paradoxical architecture of hope and despair such a worldly work
> such a majestic conception that I feel like an ant unable to do much more
> than being sucked into it read it and want to be at the same time damned
> and do penance. I also find beautiful and moving that we still are inspired
> by it as a whole. I do not read the Commedia in a religious sense.
>
> I do not understand what "abridge" means. What does it mean?
abridge the tragic
divinity, fudged for
comedy in time
Candice
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