Brunetto Latini: The Teacher Dante Loved and Placed in Hell
One of the most heartbreaking moments in all of literature occurs in Dante’s Inferno, Canto XV. The poet encounters his beloved teacher, Brunetto Latini, walking eternally across burning sand beneath a rain of fire. What makes this scene unbearable is not the punishment itself, but Dante’s tenderness toward the damned. Dante addresses Brunetto with the … Read more