Abstract
In Canto XXVIII of the Paradiso, Beatrice reveals to Dante the nine spheres of the celestial hierarchies, each controlled by one of the ranks of angels. In the opening of this canto, Dante coins the word ‘imparadises,’ which coordinates with two earlier coinages in the Paradiso: ‘transhumanize’ and ‘intrine.’ This essay explores the meaning and context of these three words, along with discussions of Robert Duncan’s and Osip Mandelstam’s involvements with Dante’s poem, all of which leads to a more personal investigation of the origin of a poem of my own, ‘When Twilight into Noonday Knowledge Gyres,’ in which I try to recreate some of the effects of Dante’s poem.
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