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Purgatorio: Critical Essay by Aldo S. Bernardo

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SOURCE: “Flesh, Spirit, and Rebirth at the Center of Dante's Comedy,Symposium, Vol. XIX, No. 4, Winter, 1965, pp. 335-51.

In the following essay, Bernardo explores the theme of rebirth in Dante's work, positing that it entails purification of both body and soul.

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