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Carlton Fletcher, “FInding the proper circle in Dante’s hell for the deserving” (2020)
The Albany Herald

Carlton Fletcher, “FInding the proper circle in Dante’s hell for the deserving” (2020)

“In the classic poem The Divine Comedy, finished in 1320 by Italian poet Dante Alighieri, Dante made note of the nine circles of hell that he visited during what had to have been a fever dream.

“In doing so, Dante left the perfect vehicle for we mere mortals centuries later to assign the likes of those with whom we’re at odds or others whose abhorrent behavior we find particularly egregious. So, as we close out this most contentious of years — a year we might dump as a whole into the first circle of Dante’s hell — here are a few nominees for various levels of the poet’s underworld.”   —Albany Herald (December 26, 2020)
 

Sighting Citation:

“Carlton Fletcher, “FInding the proper circle in Dante’s hell for the deserving” (2020).” Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Elizabeth Coggeshall and Arielle Saiber, eds. January 8, 2021. https://www.dantetoday.org/sightings/carlton-fletcher-finding-the-proper-circle-in-dantes-hell-for-the-deserving-2020/.