Eternal Practice (Interpreting the Divine Comedy)

Author: Can Xu
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Features: In the spiritual journey from "Hell" to "Purgatory" and then to "Paradise," the artist repeatedly demonstrates to readers how harrowing the training in extreme circumstances can be; how intense the tension of the soul is; how complex yet simple the mechanism of the soul is; and how the humility of life and the nobility of the spirit together contribute to that special rhythm. This book is a reflection on Dante Alighieri's work "The Divine Comedy" by the avant-garde female writer Can Xu. Can Xu breaks away from the decades-long trend of "The Divine Comedy" studies in China, abandoning external explanations such as social, political, and cultural factors, and approaches the work from within. She views "The Divine Comedy" as the poet's soul and delves into this vast inner world, revealing the relationships between its various layers and parts, thereby embodying the fundamental artistic principle that "literature is the study of humanity." This book is aimed at, offering a fresh approach that enables readers to learn how to grasp the essence of Western classic literature.