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Subject:	Re: New quiry
From:	Nikolay Nikiforov <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Nikolay Nikiforov <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Sun, 2 Feb 2003 21:03:10 -0500
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cm>    Pound's footnote (5) reads, "Inferno, XXIV."  I have looked at my copy of
cm> Dante , The Carlyle-Wicksteed translation, and I wish someone could tell me
cm> what in Book XXIV can be identified as "il contrapasso" or "the
cm> counterpass". In fact, what IS a counterpass?
cm>     I would appreciate any explanation.
cm>     Thank you in advancia,
Probably something could be identified as "il contrapasso" in Canto
XXIV, but the quote is indeed from XXVIII, 142.

Nikolay

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