To Ponder...

Does a poem exist? If so, where does it exist? What is its material cause?

Does all literature basically reduce to a code?

What is Dante talking about when he speaks of words being made visible in Canto 10 of Purgatorio?

Did Dante have, or know anyone with, Synesthesia?

These questions came up at the North Beach Lectura Dantis last night. You can offer your suggestions in the Combox, or you can show up at The National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi in North Beach (having read through Canto 12 of the Purgatorio), and join the fray there next Wednesday at 7:30pm.