8 Responses

1. Gentile

   28|Jun|2008 1

   dantes work is a masterpiece it haunted me until i read it and it captured my mind to an extent of eternity hahaha

2. Beth Ritter-Guth

   08|Jul|2008 2

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   I feel the same way about the text, and I believe everyone should read it! Thanks for a great post!

3. Johnny

   09|Jul|2008 3

   You spoiled the ending! Ugh!

4. Peter

   15|Jan|2009 4

   Just a wonderful read, awaiting the continuation.
   Re # 1, I would add Goethe to the list, sorry T.S.Elliot.

5. HostGator Reviews

   05|Feb|2009 5

   I have been reading much about this and I think i wil ljust finally have to read it for myself.

6. Greg Bauder

   12|Jul|2009 6

   Dante and Shakespeare were great poets but couldn’t even begin to compare with
   Milton. Milton’s erudition made them look like grade schoolers and his use of language
   went over the spiritless T.S. Eliot’s head. ( There is only one l in “Eliot” ). I do not even consider scribblers like Eliot and Pound poets because they were all style and no substance. PARADISE LOST, for example, is by far the greatest of all literary works because of its tremendous scope, radical politics and religion and form that is based on at least ten languages Milton was fluent in. Could Shakespeare have written
   Hamlet” if he was blind? NO! Could Dante have written his works blind? NO! The fact
   that Milton’s prose had a tremendous impact on the English Civil War and The Declaration Of Independence makes him the greatest prose writer as well. If you still
   doubt Milton’s unequaled genius consider the empiricist Hobbes who disliked poetry
   but conceded Milton was the greatest Latin prose writer ever. T.S. Eliot did not dig deep enough into Milton to understand that Milton was the greatest writer ever. And
   even Pound’s “wise” quote that “poetry is news that stays news” is a rehashing of
   Milton’s aim to do “things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme” from PARADISE LOST.
   The fact that Milton was the greatest militant writer and champion of freedom ( read
   “Aereopagetica” the greatest polemic ever written ) and his later works and you’ll see an incredible genius who suffered but remained determined to create a just world for all. Milton also had an incredible sense of humour and when Charles II was restored
   to the throne he said to Milton “God took your eyesight for killing my father” to which Milton responded “God took your father’s head for being a tyrant.” Few people realize
   this but up until the 20th century Milton was regarded by almost every poet and critic as greater than Shakespeare. What really bothered people in the existentialist cliques
   of 20th century writing was William Blake who claimed in his poem “Milton” that Milton was the reincarnation of the pagan Jesus Christ. I agree with Blake.

7. David Prinzing

   08|Jan|2010 7

   So apparently, “who is the greatest poet?” is an engaging question! Wonderful…

8. Myspace Layouts

   20|Jan|2010 8

   I have this book and have not read it yet. It was given to me by my sister. Was Dante a prophet?