Abstract

ions are turned into bodies virtually everywhere in the Inferno: the composite monsters of the circle of violence; the scaly back of Geryon, which seems substantial in spite of its ironic nature as the image of fraud; Satan and the Giants, who are pure spirit, yet appear to be grossly material. The same may be said of the punishments. Bertrand de Born, for example, split apart a father from his son, a metaphoric from an equally metaphoric body politic. He therefore carries his head cut off from his body. 16 Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish (New York, 1979), p. 30. 17 Quoted by Foucault, p. 45. This content downloaded from 157.55.39.120 on Mon, 05 Sep 2016 04:39:17 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms

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