Dr. Alina Beary guides us through Dante's conversation with St. James about hope. If we have journeyed with Dante, we too should have a newly trained hope rooted in unity with God. In Paradise, no more hope is needed, for the soul gets exactly what it wants: God himself.
@FredFredSanders ...And his courtship of Fanny, Crawford is perhaps trying to play the most difficult role of all - the role of sincerity. But, despite genuine efforts, he cannot keep it up.” 2/2
@FredFredSanders Tanner is full of fantastic Mansfield Park observations, e.g., on Crawford: “if you can play every part equally well, how can you know who you really are? And, if you can simulate all moods and affections, how can you know what you really feel? 1/2