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The Poet Dante Finally Loses Control: PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 106 - 126
Season 2 Episode 51
Rage knows no bounds--even in a poem as controlled as Dante's COMEDY. The poet has been offering up an invective about Italian strife and the war-tor…
2 years, 9 months ago
Dante The Pilgrim Versus Dante The Poet
Season 2 Episode 50
We've danced around the notion of Dante as the pilgrim and Dante as the poet and their competing voices in COMEDY for so many episodes--quite literal…
2 years, 9 months ago
You Don't Always Get The Poem You Want: PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 76 - 105
Season 2 Episode 49
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2 years, 9 months ago
Sordello, Dante's Second Guide Across The Known Universe: PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 49 - 75
Season 2 Episode 48
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2 years, 10 months ago
The Garbled Logic Of A Classical Poet In A Christian Poem: PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 25 - 48
Season 2 Episode 47
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The pilgrim Dante and Virgil…
2 years, 10 months ago
Winners, Losers, And Beggars: PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 1 - 24
Season 2 Episode 46
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2 years, 10 months ago
WALKING WITH DANTE is going on a brief hiatus!
Season 2 Episode 46
We'll be back, at "la rentrée," the return of the year, the real "new year," which happens in September.
For now, the podcast is going on a brief brea…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Strange Brew Of Love And Disgust: PURGATORIO, Cantos VI - VIII
Season 2 Episode 45
In this episode of WALKING WITH DANTE, we'll read the three cantos that lead us up to the gate of Purgatory itself.
These are tough cantos! It's impor…
2 years, 11 months ago
"Che Son La Pia": PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 130 - 136
Season 2 Episode 44
Dante the pilgrim has heard two dramatic speeches from characters whose deaths were full of Sturm und Drang. Now, a quiet, lone voice comes forward t…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Struggle For A Son's Soul: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 85 - 129
Season 2 Episode 43
We come to the second monologue in PURGATORIO, Canto V. This time, we're on the other side of the battle of Campeldino with one of Dante's enemies. A…
2 years, 11 months ago