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The Cambridge Quarterly 1988 XVII(2):141-155; doi:10.1093/camqtly/XVII.2.141
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Filthy Rage v. Righteous Indignation – Canto VIII

H. A. Mason

(in which we are taken back in time to just before the two poets came up to the lower and saw it from a distance A military-seeming light flashes from the top and an answering signal is seen from afar off Virgil tells Dante that they will be able to get a clearer view once they have crossed the marsh Just as he speaks, a miraculously fast boat arrives with Phlegyas at the helm. The two poets embark and during the voyage they see a man, covered in filth, who was surprised to find Dante in Hell Dante recognises him and speaks to him, whereupon the man – we later learn that his name was Filippo Argenti – tries to get in the boat, but Virgil pushes him off and embraces Dante, praising him for rejecting the Florentine Dante confesses that he would like to see Filippo Argenti soused in the filthy soup Virgil informs him that his wishes are going to be fulfilled In fact the poor man is set upon by the other sinners in the marsh The poets are soon aware that they are approaching the City of Dis, whose towers burn red-hot. When they leave the boat, more than a thousand fallen angels swarm round them Virgil draws them off Dante, who is terrified to be left alone Virgil proves unable to negotiate an entry. The devils all go inside the walls and shut the gates. Virgil appears crest-fallen, but hastens to reassure Dante that all will be well, since he is confident that help is on the way.)


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