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Dante's Divine Comedy: Purgatory Cantos X-XII and XVI-XVII - Lecture 12

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This lecture analyzes Purgatory cantos X–XII and XVI–XVII, focusing on pride, wrath, artistic creation, political and legal arguments, and the relationship between divine foreknowledge and human freedom.

Syllabus

- Chapter 1. Cantos X, XI and XII: Virtues and Vices
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- Chapter 2. Aesthetic Education
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- Chapter 3. Canto XI: Reversal of Perspective
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- Chapter 4. Canto XII: Punished Pride
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- Chapter 5. Canto XVI: Marco Lombardo: Political and Legal Arguments
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- Chapter 6. Canto XVII: Visions of Anger; Approaching the Center
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- Chapter 7. Question and Answer
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