{"id":65231,"date":"2014-01-20T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T17:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=65231"},"modified":"2014-03-08T15:02:17","modified_gmt":"2014-03-08T20:02:17","slug":"recapping-dante-canto-14-or-a-finger-wagging-editorial-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/20\/recapping-dante-canto-14-or-a-finger-wagging-editorial-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Recapping Dante: Canto 14, or a Finger-Wagging Editorial Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Inf._14_Capaneo_Giovanni_di_Paolo_c.1403\u20131483.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Inf._14_Capaneo,_Giovanni_di_Paolo_(c.1403\u20131483)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Inf._14_Capaneo_Giovanni_di_Paolo_c.1403\u20131483.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Priamo della Quercia, <i>Dante Meets the Sodomites, c. 15th century.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>This winter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/30\/fall-sweeps\/\">we\u2019re recapping<\/a> the <\/em>Inferno<em>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0385496982\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0385496982&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=theparrev0f-20\" target=\"_blank\">Read along<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dear Dante,<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve received your manuscript for Canto 14 of the Inferno, and I have quite a few notes. The language and poetry of this passage is absolutely magical; a few passages in particular caught my attention, such as \u201cThe gloomy forest rings it like a garland,\u201d (line ten), which is such a beautiful way of phrasing it. And the expression \u201cscorn for fire,\u201d on line forty-six, sounds like the title of a Philip Roth novel. You have a good ear for lyricism and your poem is a unique, fascinating glimpse into theology, history, literature, even love. You\u2019re really carving out a niche for yourself in the Italian canon\u2014kudos!<\/p>\n<p>That said, certain parts left me wanting more, and they confused me enough to wonder if you were really trying your hardest. On line forty-three, Dante addresses Virgil by saying, \u201cMaster, you who overcome all things\u2014all but the obstinate fiends who sallied forth against us at the threshold of the gate.\u201d This really threw me off. For the whole poem, Dante has been meek, eager to be with Virgil, and here it almost seems as if he\u2019s mocking Virgil. It doesn\u2019t really fit in with the reader\u2019s impression of Dante\u2014which, I hasten to mention, you have spent the last thirteen cantos crafting expertly.<\/p>\n<p>This canto focuses on those who have sinned against God. Their punishment is to have flakes of fire slowly rained down on them (nice touch, by the way\u2014very Sodom and Gomorrah). Our attention is drawn to one sinner who is sitting in the corner brooding, almost without regard for the flakes of fire falling over him; it\u2019s such a magnificent image that I almost expect him to be Hector or Achilles, but instead it\u2019s a small-timer named Capaneus, who goes on to talk about Thebes for a few lines. From what I understand, Capaneus is in hell because after his victory at Thebes, he scorned Jupiter, who in an instant struck him with lightning for blasphemy. I\u2019ve said it before, I\u2019ll say it again: you need to find a readership and speak to it. Nobody will know who Capaneus is, Dante. You already told the story of an unknown historical figure in the last canto; now it\u2019s time to make a splash. If you want to talk about Thebes, let\u2019s tag in Oedipus himself. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Virgil then yells at Capaneus\u2014in fact, he\u2019s downright nasty to Capaneus, which was a treat to read. We should have more of Dante and Virgil being mean to sinners. (Cruelty sells.) On the other hand, I\u2019m starting to get the impression that some of these sinners aren\u2019t really such awful people, and I almost expect someone near and dear to Dante to make an appearance in the next canto or so. It can be hard to know who we\u2019re really supposed to pity. Your book would benefit from a line drawn in the sand\u2014sinners on one side, non-sinners on the other.<\/p>\n<p>The two move on. They come to a river, and I have to say, this is where you lost me. Dante is interested in this river, so he asks Virgil what it is, and then Virgil rattles off the names of a few different rivers. Well, which river is it? How many rivers does hell need? I think three is enough, ending with the blood bath. Anything after that is overkill.<\/p>\n<p>Virgil tells Dante a story about some woman taking a baby into the mountain. Twenty minutes of Wikipedia-ing later, I figure out that the woman is Saturn\u2019s wife and the baby is Jupiter. You should come right out and say this.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s not even the worst of it. Virgil tells another story about a man in a tower: each of his limbs made of a different element, and he\u2019s crying and the tears are rivers? What is this? Nobody I showed this to could make heads or tails of it. I\u2019m getting the distinct impression that, rather than addressing your peers, you\u2019re writing for some arbitrary audience that will exist over the course of the next several hundred years or so. Ambition is good, Dante, but too much can be a curse.<\/p>\n<p>I like what I\u2019ve seen so far, and I hope we can do a playback on this Canto to get it back on track.<\/p>\n<p>Warmest regards,<br \/>Johann Neumeister<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Are you sure you want to continue writing this in Italian instead of Latin? I\u2019m not really comfortable with breaking from tradition like that. Who knows where we could end up?<\/p>\n<p><em>To catch up on our Dante series, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/dante\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Alexander Aciman is the author of <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.us.penguingroup.com\/static\/pages\/features\/twitterature.html\" target=\"_blank\">Twitterature<\/a><em>. He has written for the <\/em>New York Times<em>, <\/em>Tablet<em>, the <\/em>Wall Street Journal<em>, and <\/em>TIME<em>. Follow him on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acimania\" target=\"_blank\">@acimania<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This winter, we\u2019re recapping the Inferno. Read along! Dear Dante, I\u2019ve received your manuscript for Canto 14 of the Inferno, and I have quite a few notes. 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