Dante's Inferno

1 Introduction

2 How Honor Degenerates into Infamy: Piero della Vigna (1190-1249)
2.1 The Ecstasy of Glory and the Horror of Improbity
2.2 The Narrative in Inferno
2.3 Sidebar on Posthumous Benefit
2.4 Divergent Interpretations of the Narrative
2.5 The Evidence
2.6 A Second Version of Esoteric Interpretation
2.7 An Outlier Version of Esoteric Interpretation

3 The Malevolent Residue of Excessive Loyalty: Piero, Esoterica, and Suicide
3.1 A Closer Examination of the Second Version of Esoteric Interpretation
3.2 Why Compose Esoterically?

4 How to Earn Immortality: Brunetto Latini (1220-1294)
4.1 The Pain of Exile and Making Oneself Eternal
4.2 The Narrative in Inferno
4.3 Divergent Interpretations of the Narrative
4.4 The Evidence
4.5 Was Brunetto Latini a Sexual Sodomist?
4.6 Brunetto Latini and BL
4.7 The Roman Roots and the Quest for Posthumous Glory
4.8 Has Dante Bum-Rapped Brunetto Latini?
4.9 Grandezza d''Animo

5 The Glories and Iniquities of Heroism, Patriotism, and Paternal Love: Farinata degli Uberti (1212-1264) and Cavalcante de'' Cavalcanti (c. 1220-c.1280)
5.1 Partisan Patriotism Leavened by Hedonism
5.2 The Narrative in Inferno
5.3 Interpreting the Narrative: The Propinquity of Good and Evil
5.4 Interpreting the Narrative: Epicureanism, Community, and Love

6 How Prodigious Talent Can be Squandered: Guido da Montefeltro (1223-1298)
6.1 Pugnacious Imperial Tactician and Franciscan Mountebank
6.2 The Narrative in Inferno
6.3 Interpreting the Narrative: Guido''s Final Scam?

7 Envy, Arrogance, Pride, and Human Flourishing
7.1 Envy: An Analysis
7.2 The Ubiquity of Envy
7.3 Corollary on Well-Being
7.4 Envy in the Commedia
7.5 Pride: An Analysis
7.6Arrogance in the Commedia