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Hesitancy Is The Deadly Sin Of Art: PURGATORIO, Canto XXV, Lines 1 - 21
Season 2 Episode 195
Dante the pilgrim, Virgil, and Statius begin the ever-quickening ascent to the final terrace of Mount Purgatory. As he climbs, the pilgrim has a ques…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Cantos XXV - XXVII
Season 2 Episode 194
Virgil, Statius, and our pilgrim, Dante, head up to the seventh and final terrace of Mount Purgatory.
During the climb, Statius engages in a complicat…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The Compensations Of Contemplation: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIV, Lines 130 - 154
Season 2 Episode 193
Virgil, Statius, and our pilgrim, Dante, walk along in contemplation, together but also alone with their thoughts.
They're interrupted by the angel at…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Of Mythic Trees, Human Desire, And Ceremonial Solace: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIV, Lines 100 - 129
Season 2 Episode 192
Forese Donati has passed on ahead of our pilgrim Dante and his two guides, Virgil and Statius. They now need to walk on along the sixth terrace of Mo…
1 year ago
A Look Back Over The Entire Conversation With Forese Donati: PURGATORIO Canto XXIII, Line 40, to Canto XXIV, Line 99
Season 2 Episode 191
We've finished the giant conversation between the pilgrim Dante and Forese Donati, complete with its interruption by the shade of the poet Bonagiunta…
1 year ago
Forese Donati's Parting Apocalypse: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIV, Lines 76 - 99
Season 2 Episode 190
We've come to the end of the long conversation between Forese Donati and Dante (as well as others) on the sixth terrace of Mount Purgatory among the …
1 year ago
The Daunting Problem Of This Sweet New Style: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIV, Lines 55 - 75
Season 2 Episode 189
Dante the pilgrim has claimed that indeed he is the one who is inspired by love, who writes what love breathes into him and then makes meaning from t…
1 year ago
Dante's Wild Claim About Love's Inspiration: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIV, Lines 34 - 54
Season 2 Episode 188
After Forese Donati has pointed out five of the gluttons on the sixth terrace of Mount Purgatory, one of them, the first mentioned and a poet of the …
1 year ago
Of Eels And Wine: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIV, Lines 16 - 33
Season 2 Episode 187
Forese Donati continues to answer Dante the pilgrim's questions by naming five penitent gluttons surrounding them on the sixth terrace of Mount Purga…
1 year ago
Virgil's Silence And A First Glimpse Of Paradise: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIV, Lines 1 - 15
Season 2 Episode 186
PURGATORIO, Canto XXIV, is set as a direct continuation from Canto XXIII. The poet Dante cues us to the continuation but there nevertheless are a cou…
1 year ago