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Sapía, Part One—The Pilgrim Gets More (And Less!) Than He Bargained For: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 94 - 111
Season 2 Episode 103
Dante the pilgrim worked up the courage (or the flattery) to get one of the envious to speak up on the second terrace of Purgatory proper. She does .…
1 year, 10 months ago
Flattery Will Get You Irony: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 73 - 93
Season 2 Episode 102
Dante has finally come among the envious on the bare, bleak, blue-gray second terrace of Mount Purgatory. We've seen their condition: eyes stitched s…
1 year, 10 months ago
Eyes Stitched Shut: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 46 - 72
Season 2 Episode 101
The second terrace of PURGATORIO proves a wild ride into interiority, into the complicated sin of envy, and back into INFERNO.
Join me, Mark Scarbroug…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Voices Of Love And Alienation: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 22 - 45
Season 2 Episode 100
Dante and Virgil make haste across the second terrace of Purgatory before they're accosted by disembodied voices, calling them to the banquet of love…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Easy Climb Into Complex Meaning: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 1 - 21
Season 2 Episode 99
Dante the pilgrim and his guide, Virgil, have arrived at the second terrace of Purgatory proper. As readers, we're not even sure what this terrace is…
1 year, 10 months ago
Dante, Aquinas, Aristotle, And The Fences Of Truth
Season 2 Episode 98
Before we step onto PURGATORIO's terrace of envy, the second ledge of Purgatory proper, let's pause a moment to talk about the relationship among Dan…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Second Terrace Of Purgatory: A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Line 1, though Canto XV, Line 84
Season 2 Episode 97
We've come with Dante the pilgrim and Virgil, his guide, to the second terrace of Purgatory, the terrace of envy.
Join me, Mark Scarbrough, for this i…
1 year, 11 months ago
Erasing God's Writing Even If Virgil Smiles: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 118 - 139
Season 2 Episode 96
Dante the pilgrim and Virgil have a little ways to go before they finally exit the terrace of pride. In fact, Dante has to come to a surprising revel…
1 year, 11 months ago
Narrow Stairs, Contorted Similes, And The On-Going Poetry Of Hell: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 100 - 117
Season 2 Episode 95
Dante and Virgil begin their climb from the first to the second terrace of Purgatory but as they do, they climb up in an incredibly contorted and dif…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Climb Out Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 73 - 99
Season 2 Episode 94
Dante and Virgil begin their exit from the terrace of pride on Mount Purgtory. To do so, they must encounter and angel who implicitly calls back Luci…
1 year, 11 months ago