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The Answer To Wrath Is Written On Your Face: PURGATORIO, Canto XV, Lines 94 - 114
Season 2 Episode 119
Dante the pilgrim has already had one ecstatic vision as he stepped onto the third terrace of Purgatory proper. Now he has two more in quick successi…
1 year, 11 months ago
The First Ecstatic Vision . . . Of COMEDY: PURGATORIO, Canto XV, Lines 85 - 93
Season 2 Episode 118
Dante and Virgil have stepped onto the third terrace of Purgatory proper and our pilgrim is hit with an ecstatic vision. In fact, the first one in a …
1 year, 11 months ago
Hunger, Light, Love, And The Theology Of Abundance: PURGATORIO, Canto XV, Lines 58 - 84
Season 2 Episode 117
Dante the pilgrim has gotten one answer out of Virgil about the nature of abundance and scarcity in terms of heavenly good . . . but that answer was …
2 years ago
Scarcity, Abundance, And The Poetics Between The Terraces: PURGATORIO, Canto XV, Lines 34 - 57
Season 2 Episode 116
Dante and Virgil encounter the awaited angel as they begin their ascent to the third terrace of Purgatory proper.
They hear two snippets of song. They…
2 years ago
Redefining The Terms Of What Seems To Be: PURGATORIO, Canto XV, Lines 25 - 33
Season 2 Episode 115
Dante the poet is playing a very crafty game. He's been pulling out all the stops with two metaphors to help us understand the weight, meaning, and t…
2 years ago
Playing Around With The Sun: PURGATORIO, Canto XV, Lines 1 - 24
Season 2 Episode 114
Dante and Virgil pass on beyond the envious along the second terrace of Purgatory proper. As we enter the first of the middle three canti of all of C…
2 years ago
Virgil Inscribes Circularity Into Linearity: PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 142 - 151
Season 2 Episode 113
Having been accosted by two voices decrying the fate of the envious on the second terrace of Purgatory proper, Dante and Virgil begin to walk toward …
2 years ago
Two More Voices On The Winds Of Envy: PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 127 - 141
Season 2 Episode 112
With Guido del Duca enmeshed in his tears, Dante the pilgrim and Virgil begin to talk on along the terrace of envy, searching for a way up to the thi…
2 years ago
Oh, For The Glory Days (That Maybe Never Were): PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 97 - 126
Season 2 Episode 111
Guido del Duca reaches the climax of his diatribe: a nostalgic retrospective of the courts and families of Romagna. Where have the good guys gone?
Is …
2 years ago
Now You Know Who We Are: PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 73 - 96
Season 2 Episode 110
At long last, the speaker in PURGATORIO Canto XIV comes clean and reveals who he is . . . and who his compatriot is. They're Guido del Duca and Rinie…
2 years ago