Ned Denny reviews B: After Dante, by Ned Denny at The Indiependent.
"Denny, inventively, does not cling to the form and structure of Dante’s work. He, in his own words, does not 'ape' the general structure of the original but aims to 'create a living equivalent different to but parallel to the highly structured and methodically-minded original'. In this way, he puts Dante’s focus on nines aside and leans into the number 12, from his chosen meter to his stanza length.
See Dante, "On World Government" from De Monarchia in Gateway to the Great Books (10 Vol., 1963) volume 7, and The Divine Comedy in Great Books of the Western World (first edition, 52 Vol., 1952) volume 21, (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volume 19.
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