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Gossip, Ambivalence, And The Strangeness of Virgil's Presence: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 100 - 124
Season 1 Episode 86
We come to the end of Inferno, Canto XV. We go out in the strangest ways. First, the pilgrim, Dante, wants a little bedroom gossip. Who are the other…
4 years, 10 months ago
A Pilgrim Walking Across Hell? Not Really. More Like A Writer: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 79 - 99
Season 1 Episode 85
Brunetto Latini has offered a history lesson on Florence and a prophecy for the pilgrim Dante's future. It's Dante's turn to respond in their back-an…
4 years, 11 months ago
Unanswered Questions and Unasked-For Prophecies: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 46 - 78
Season 1 Episode 84
Brunetto Latini's got questions. Too bad the pilgrim, Dante, doesn't seem to want to answer them.
Or better, Dante only seems to want to confess to th…
4 years, 11 months ago
The Fourth Great Sinner Of Hell, Brunetto Latini: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 25 - 45
Season 1 Episode 83
Walking down the levy along the stream with his guide, Dante the pilgrim faces his former teacher, scorched on the burning sands. Or the guy the poet…
4 years, 11 months ago
The Long View Across The Burning Sands: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 1 - 24
Season 1 Episode 82
We're walking with our pilgrim, Dante, along the embankment to a stream, heading down into the depths of the seventh circle of hell where the sins of…
4 years, 11 months ago
Dante Is On Hold. Or Perhaps I'm On Hold. Here's Why.
Season 82 Episode 1
No, Dante's not on hold. He wouldn't know the meaning of the word, given the poem he wrote. But I am. Here's a quick episode to explain what's going …
5 years ago
An Interview with the poet and novelist J. Simon Harris, a translator of Dante's INFERNO
Season 1 Episode 81
In this interpolated episode of the podcast WALKING WITH DANTE, I interview the poet and translator J. Simon Harris about his work on INFERNO, his th…
5 years ago
Exploring A Coda To A Canto And Cleaning Up The Canto As A Whole: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 121 - 142
Season 1 Episode 80
We've come to the end of this strange and wonderful canto. We've passed Capaneus. We've heard about the Old Man of Crete. We've seen the weird snowfa…
5 years ago
The Old Man Of Crete PART TWO--Sewing The Canto Back Together: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 94 - 120
Season 1 Episode 79
Canto XIV of Dante's INFERNO is often seen as a misstep. Or at least an uneasy two-parter. First, there's Capaneus on the burning sands. Then there's…
5 years ago
The Old Man Of Crete PART ONE--A Statue Rises From Four Other Texts: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 94 - 120
Season 1 Episode 78
We come to one of the strangest moments in INFERNO. While Virgil may have claimed that stream burbling out of the wood of the suicides was the most a…
5 years ago