Posts tagged “beatrice”

  1. Okay, so, first of things, yes, Dante's whole SITUATION-DEAL with Beatrice was probably as much literary device as it was genuine affection, which I am fully in the capableness of getting; I am not so adrift from historical context that I've forgotten about courtly love tropes and am like, worried for the sake of this dead Florentine's right to privacy, so go ahead and delete that email, Alighierians; this is strictly for the purposes of fun.

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