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The Strangely Beautiful And Poetic Death Of Jacopo Del Cassero: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 64 - 84
Season 2 Episode 42
The frenzied souls had spoken in unison, in monophony. Now they begin to differentiate, to enter into polyphony with each other.
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2 years, 11 months ago
In A Rush For Peace: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 37 - 63
Season 2 Episode 41
The pilgrim Dante and his guide, Virgil, have passed beyond the lazy souls and on to a group that's in a frenzy: running, calling out, speaking in on…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Prisoners Of Hope: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 22 - 36
Season 2 Episode 40
We come to a second scene, certainly sequential, almost contemporaneous with the previous scene among Belacqua's cohorts.
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2 years, 11 months ago
Distractions And The Demands Of Writing About Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 1 - 21
Season 2 Episode 39
Dante the pilgrim has had his last words with Belacqua and begins his journey on up the mountain. Or at least, laterally along the mountain of Purgat…
3 years ago
Mobs On The Mountain: A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Canto V
Season 2 Episode 38
We've reached the end of the first narrative arc of PURGATORIO. Dante the poet brings the first five cantos to a close with a very quiet, almost dist…
3 years ago
Belacqua Redux: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 97 - 139
Season 2 Episode 37
We've talked about Belcqua as a parodic, ironic, or comedic figure in PURGATORIO. But is there a way to interpret his character as more straightforwa…
3 years ago
Belacqua, The King Of Misdirection Through Centuries Of Reading Dante's COMEDY: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 115 - 139
Season 2 Episode 36
Belacqua has been the subject of hundreds of commentaries over centuries as readers have grappled with who this figure is and what purpose he serves …
3 years ago
When The Going Gets Tough, Some People Just Sit Down: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 97 -114
Season 2 Episode 35
After all that scholastic reasoning, all that discussion of medieval astronomy and geography, all that cogitation on the soul's unity and the sun's p…
3 years ago
Astronomy = Geography = Morality: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 76 - 96
Season 2 Episode 34
Dante the pilgrim continues to rest on the first small ledge that runs around Mount Purgatory. Here, he and Virgil first discuss astronomy--or why th…
3 years ago
A Geocentric Rest Stop: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 52 - 75
Season 2 Episode 33
Virgil and Dante the pilgrim have completed their first major, breath-taking climb on Mount Purgatory. They hang out for a bit on a ledge for a littl…
3 years ago