Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
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Page 164
... Dante's salvation . The stately and poignant paean Dante placed on the lips of the Virgin's greatest lover closes with a prayer that Dante's human impulses be controlled : Ancor ti priego , Regina , che puoi ciò che tu vuoli , che ...
... Dante's salvation . The stately and poignant paean Dante placed on the lips of the Virgin's greatest lover closes with a prayer that Dante's human impulses be controlled : Ancor ti priego , Regina , che puoi ciò che tu vuoli , che ...
Page 165
... Dante sees the throng of souls churning restlessly past , ex- changing swift kisses and crying out aloud of the sexual outrages of history . And among the shades Dante finds Guido Guinizelli , the poet he once imitated in the Vita Nuova ...
... Dante sees the throng of souls churning restlessly past , ex- changing swift kisses and crying out aloud of the sexual outrages of history . And among the shades Dante finds Guido Guinizelli , the poet he once imitated in the Vita Nuova ...
Page 171
... Dante undoubtedly believed the Virgin had been preserved from corruption in the grave , but he remains wary on the subject of her bodily assumption , and hazy about her preservation from original sin . Profound and loving as Dante's ...
... Dante undoubtedly believed the Virgin had been preserved from corruption in the grave , but he remains wary on the subject of her bodily assumption , and hazy about her preservation from original sin . Profound and loving as Dante's ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
Copyright | |
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