Misogyny Rears Its Head: PURGATORIO, Canto VIII, Lines 64 - 84
After Dante shocks Judge Nino and the poet Sordello with the revelation of the pilgrim's own corporeality, Judge Nino launches into a disgusting diatribe about his "unfaithful wife," a pernicious bit ...
12 Nov 202326min
I Saw Them, They Saw Me, So The Journey Is Real: PURGATORIO, Canto VIII, Lines 46 - 63
Sordello leads Dante down three steps into the valley of the kings. There, our pilgrim Dante meets Judge Nino, perhaps a figure from the poet Dante's own past, certainly a figure tied to a major chara...
8 Nov 202323min
The First Angels Descend From Heaven: PURGATORIO, Canto VIII, Lines 19 - 45
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5 Nov 202329min
Ecstatic While Longing For Home: PURGATORIO, Canto VIII, Lines 1 - 18
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1 Nov 202328min
The Kings Who Dodged What They Should Have Done, Part Two: PURGATORIO, Canto VII, Lines 82 - 136
In the last episode of this podcast, we glossed (or explained) the long list of rulers who are in the darkening dale ahead of us, as well as Dante, Virgil, and Sordello.In this episode, let's ask inte...
29 Okt 202331min
The Kings Who Dodged What They Should Have Done, Part One: PURGATORIO, Canto VII, Lines 82 - 136
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25 Okt 202327min
Problems In The Poetry Of The Elysian Fields: PURGATORIO, Canto VII, Lines 64 - 81
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22 Okt 202324min
Virgil, Sordello, And The Limits Of The Will: PURGATORIO, Canto VII, Lines 37 - 63
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18 Okt 202332min
