Tag: The Divine Comedy
June 27, 2022 Kathryn S. 24 comments
Perilously Fair:
Reflections on the Ladies of the Lake
The editors of Counter-Currents have recently shared their findings that, among other interesting facts, females make up about one-third of the readership here. There are apparently quite a few Dissident-Right women who swim in our waters, and therefore a need exists for some un-feminist, but "woman-positive" readings that mine our traditional canon and seek to shape the future of femininity.
I don't usually write about "female things," and that's not really on purpose. I find history, war, and a mostly male cast of authors interesting, and I always have. (more…)
March 24, 2022 Kathryn S. 6 comments
Mortal Instruments:
Mapping the Geomythologies of Western Fantasy, Part II
Part 2 of 2 (Part 1 here)
Dante's Inferno
Dante Alighieri's conceptual map of Hell also lay at the intersection where biblical and classical ideas about the afterlife crossed. Virgil, fellow Italian poet and ancient Roman author of the Æneid, accompanied him during much of his journey, for Virgil was someone who had imagined his own hero Aeneas successfully navigating the underworld. (more…)