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WALKING WITH DANTE is going on hiatus . . . and not for the best reasons
Season 2 Episode 215
Just a quick episode to tell you that my health crisis has reached a climax and I am headed to a major surgery that will undoubtedly change my life.
I…
9 months, 1 week ago
The Climax Of Virgil In COMEDY: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVII, Lines 124 - 142
Season 2 Episode 214
We have come to the climax of Virgil's in COMEDY: the apex of his character, the moment when he is what he should have been all along, a poignant and…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
To Refocus Virgil And COMEDY: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVII, Lines 109 - 123
Season 2 Episode 213
We come to the climax of Virgil's character in the poem, the end of PURGATORIO, Canto XXVII. Let's take this dramatic and chilling scene in two episo…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
The Third And Final Dream On Mount Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVII, Lines 91 - 108
Season 2 Episode 212
Our pilgrim has lain down on a step of the final staircase of Mount Purgatory, positioned between Statius below and Virgil above him.
As he watches th…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Flames Don't Burn Up Irony: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVII, Lines 49 - 90
Season 2 Episode 211
Our pilgrim has entered the flames of lust. For the first time, he is not a voyeur of the torments. He experiences them on the last terrace of lust.
H…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Of Fraud, Flames, And Love: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVII, Lines 19 - 48
Season 2 Episode 210
Our pilgrim stands on the brink of the flames. Virgil has to use every rhetorical trick in his bag to get Dante to move . . . and the only thing that…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
The Whole World Is On Fire: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVII, Lines 1 - 18
Season 2 Episode 209
Our pilgrim has come to an impasse: the flames of lust. There's no way forward except to step into them. He must finally feel the sufferings that he …
10 months ago
Final Thoughts About Poetry, Lust, And Meaning On The Last Terrace Of Mount Purgatory
Season 2 Episode 208
As we pass Arnaut Daniel, the last penitent soul of Mount Purgatory, let's look back over the discussions of poetry and lust in the seventh (and even…
10 months ago
French Poetry Doesn't Have To Condemn You: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVI, Lines 136 - 148
Season 2 Episode 207
Guido Guinizzelli has pointed to another figure in the purifying flames of Purgatory's seventh terrace. And now he steps forward, one of the greatest…
10 months, 1 week ago
Sweet Becomes Truthful Becomes Poetic: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVI, Lines 115 - 135
Season 2 Episode 206
Dante has found his poetic father, Guido Guinizzelli, burning in the fires of lust on the final terrace of Mount Purgatory. Our pilgrim-poet has prai…
10 months, 1 week ago