... function is to question the worth of an heroic progression through Hell and Purgatory by exhibiting laziness, indolence and acedia. Beckett’s very first essay on Finnegans Wake is explored in depth, showing why it still serves today as the best introduction to Joyce’s later work. The main...

... in his discussion of sin, and the vision authors knew the Bible. In a move that allows his syncretic perchant greater latitude, Dante resists providing a uniform template for sin; by offering one taxonomy for hell and another for purgatory he is able to widen the cultural resources available...

.... The article finally explores the way in which the concept of inner transmutation, foundational to the art of falconry, contributes to a renewed understanding of Dante’s Purgatory as the locus where Law transmutes into Love — where “amor d’animo” paradoxically learns to respond to the call...