Episode 24 - Canto XVII, Paradise. Dante's thoughts on his Comedy.
Ancient World
English - January 25, 2019 05:00 - 9 minutes - 8.87 MB - ★★★★ - 10 ratingsArts Education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In the 17th Canto of Paradise, in the fifth sphere of Mars, Dante meets one of his ancestors who tells him about his future of exile and writing the big work of the Comedy. Dante is first filled with doubts, but is then convinced that he has to be truthful, and use real historical people to create the effect of true nutrition for the future readers.
His ancestor tells him:
"Though when your words are taken in at first
they may taste bitter, but once well-digested
they will become a vital nutriment."
130-132, Canto XVII.
Meaning that his work will not be well recieved by everyone at first, but eventually be vital nutrition for future generations, and also the regenerative process of cultural rebirth in Florence. Which indeed happened during the three centuries that followed!
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