Virgil Out Of His Depths--Or Maybe Out Of Dante's: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 49 - 84 (Part One)
We have come to one of the strangest moments so far in COMEDY: the moment we recognize the lone old man is in fact the Roman pagan Stoic suicide Cato. This moment breaks COMEDY in so many ways that we...
29 Mar 202333min
A Lone Old Man Who Disrupts COMEDY And Changes The Rules Of The Afterlife: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 28 - 48
As Dante the pilgrim gazes at the gorgeous sky, he finds an old man standing next to him, a figure who will startle us (if not the pilgrim) and who will eventually cue us that all is not what it seems...
26 Mar 202326min
Laughter And Loss, The Essence Of Being Human: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 13 - 27
Dante the poet leads us in a slow turn toward Dante the pilgrim, his "fictional" alter ego, who is looking up at the heavens--that is, at Venus, at four new-to-him stars, and at the gorgeous sapphire ...
22 Mar 202335min
Of A Poet, His Hubris, And His Doubts: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 1 - 12
These are the opening lines of PURGATORIO, in whcih we start, not with the Dante the pilgrim (as we did in INFERNO), but with Dante the poet, who puts his hubris and his doubts on full display.Join me...
19 Mar 202332min
The Shores Of Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Cantos 1 - 2
As I told you in the previous episode of this podcast, we're taking PURGATORIO in chunks, rather than small bits. Or more like, first chunks, then small bits. And here's our first chunk: cantos 1 - 2 ...
15 Mar 202329min
An Introduction To PURGATORIO
Support WALKING WITH DANTE to keep it sponsor-free by donating what you can via this PayPal link here.Welcome back! We've been on hiatus for a bit, after we finished INFERNO. (If, that is, you're list...
12 Mar 202326min
What We Missed And How You Can Further Your Own Slow-Walk Across INFERNO
We have come to the end of our slow-walk across Dante's INFERNO, the first third (or so) of his masterpiece, COMEDY. But there are admittedly things we missed. Perhaps you'd like to deepen your unders...
1 Feb 202312min
INFERNO: Final Thoughts Without Firm Conclusions
We've come to the end of our slow-walk through INFERNO, the first third of Dante's masterpiece, COMEDY.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, for some final thoughts on this overwhelming poem. No conclusions, real...
29 Jan 202325min
