I mean, sure, but the references he’s making is to some very deep takes on some of the most famous literature in history. Sure there’s a bunch of contemporary shade throwing in there but the whole thing with Dante is its ridiculous cultural span, it’s like Joyce in its sheer literary density.
And no, there’s zero chance this kid went through it and got it, but it matters he showed interest and dedication in trying. Took me the better part of thirty years to even get close to understanding that shit, and historically I’m not alone, it’s not an easy text. Beautiful tho.
There are worse books to pretend to have read in your bookshelf.
I don’t know, I found myself trying to look up what everything meant all the time, like there’s a person in purgatory called la Pia. “Siena mi fé, disfecemi Maremma”, so then you have to know about this woman who was born in Siena and was murdered in Maremma by her husband, which was probably a widely known reference back then, but now I just feel like I’m lacking context. But maybe it’s better to just sort of go with the flow for those things?
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
That’s fucking funny.
Sick references bro.
I mean, sure, but the references he’s making is to some very deep takes on some of the most famous literature in history. Sure there’s a bunch of contemporary shade throwing in there but the whole thing with Dante is its ridiculous cultural span, it’s like Joyce in its sheer literary density.
And no, there’s zero chance this kid went through it and got it, but it matters he showed interest and dedication in trying. Took me the better part of thirty years to even get close to understanding that shit, and historically I’m not alone, it’s not an easy text. Beautiful tho.
There are worse books to pretend to have read in your bookshelf.
I don’t know, I found myself trying to look up what everything meant all the time, like there’s a person in purgatory called la Pia. “Siena mi fé, disfecemi Maremma”, so then you have to know about this woman who was born in Siena and was murdered in Maremma by her husband, which was probably a widely known reference back then, but now I just feel like I’m lacking context. But maybe it’s better to just sort of go with the flow for those things?