Walking With Dante

By Mark Scarbrough

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Paul O'Brian
 Jun 2, 2021
A marvelous journey. This podcast hearkens back to the feeling of taking a college class with an inspired and inspiring professor, who helps you to see dimensions of the text you didn't reach on your own.

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Ever wanted to read Dante's Divine Comedy? Come along with us! We're not lost in the scholarly weeds. (Mostly.) We're strolling through the greatest work (to date) of Western literature. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as I take on this masterpiece passage by passage. I'll give you my rough English translation, show you some of the interpretive knots in the lines, let you in on the 700 years of commentary, and connect Dante's work to our modern world. The pilgrim comes awake in a dark wood, then walks across the known universe. New episodes every Sunday and Wednesday.

Episode Date
Eyes Stitched Shut: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 46 - 72
May 19, 2024
The Voices Of Love And Alienation: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 22 - 45
May 15, 2024
The Easy Climb Into Complex Meaning: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 1 - 21
May 12, 2024
Dante, Aquinas, Aristotle, And The Fences Of Truth
May 01, 2024
The Second Terrace Of Purgatory: A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Line 1, though Canto XV, Line 84
Apr 28, 2024
Erasing God's Writing Even If Virgil Smiles: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 118 - 139
Apr 24, 2024
Narrow Stairs, Contorted Similes, And The On-Going Poetry Of Hell: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 100 - 117
Apr 21, 2024
The Climb Out Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 73 - 99
Apr 17, 2024
Storytelling, Moral Allegory, And The Human Paradox: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 64 - 72
Apr 14, 2024
More Questions Than Answers About The Reliefs In The Road Bed Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 22 - 63
Apr 10, 2024
Walking On Pride, Part Three: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 49 - 60
Apr 07, 2024
Walking On Pride, Part Two: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 37 - 48
Apr 03, 2024
Walking On Pride, Part One: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 25 - 36
Mar 31, 2024
Art, Realism, And Dante's Sheer Audacity: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, lines 13 - 24
Mar 27, 2024
Dante's Pride Both Lanced And Swelling: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 1 - 12
Mar 24, 2024
Some News That Affects Future Episodes Of PURGATORIO
Mar 21, 2024
A Bad Boy Makes Good On The Terrace Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 109 - 139
Mar 17, 2024
Oderisi Redux: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 73 - 108
Mar 13, 2024
Proud Oderisi Confronts The Vagaries Of Artistic Fame: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 73 - 108
Mar 10, 2024
Proud Omberto, Humbled . . . Or Humbled Omberto, Still Proud: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 46 - 72
Mar 06, 2024
Disorienting The Reader On The Terrace Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 25 - 45
Mar 03, 2024
Dante Rewrites The Foundational Prayer Of Christianity: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 1 - 24
Feb 28, 2024
When Art Envisions What Is: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 112 - 139
Feb 25, 2024
A Seam In The Narrative Sewn With Virgil's Murmurs: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 94 -111
Feb 21, 2024
The Moral Crux Of Justice And Compassion In The Last Intaglio: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 70 - 93
Feb 18, 2024
Realism And Its Discontents: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 46 - 69
Feb 14, 2024
Art, Creativity, And The False Promise Of The New: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 28 - 45
Feb 11, 2024
The Post-Gate Letdown: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 1 - 27
Feb 07, 2024
The First Terrace Of Purgatory Proper: A Read-Through of PURGATORIO, Cantos X - XII
Feb 04, 2024
Screeching And Singing Into Purgatory Proper: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 130 - 145
Dec 20, 2023
Of Keys, Gates, And Letters On The Forehead: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 106 - 129
Dec 17, 2023
Three Steps Up To The Gate And Into An Interpretive Quagmire: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 94 - 105
Dec 13, 2023
The Forbidding Angel At The Gate: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 79 - 93
Dec 10, 2023
Brace Yourself For The Gate Of Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 64 - 78
Dec 06, 2023
Lucy, Virgil, The Christian Reality, The Classical Texture: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 43 - 63
Dec 03, 2023
A Dream Of Classical Sex And Sorrows: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 13 - 42
Nov 29, 2023
Asleep In A Messy Bed Of Classical Imagery: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 1 - 12
Nov 26, 2023
The Gate Of Purgatory: A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Canto IX
Nov 22, 2023
The Generosity That Ends The Cantos Of Ante-Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto VIII, Lines 109 - 139
Nov 19, 2023
The Sun Sets On The Classical Landscape: PURGATORIO, Canto VIII, Lines 85 - 108
Nov 15, 2023
Misogyny Rears Its Head: PURGATORIO, Canto VIII, Lines 64 - 84
Nov 12, 2023
I Saw Them, They Saw Me, So The Journey Is Real: PURGATORIO, Canto VIII, Lines 46 - 63
Nov 08, 2023
The First Angels Descend From Heaven: PURGATORIO, Canto VIII, Lines 19 - 45
Nov 05, 2023
Ecstatic While Longing For Home: PURGATORIO, Canto VIII, Lines 1 - 18
Nov 01, 2023
The Kings Who Dodged What They Should Have Done, Part Two: PURGATORIO, Canto VII, Lines 82 - 136
Oct 29, 2023
The Kings Who Dodged What They Should Have Done, Part One: PURGATORIO, Canto VII, Lines 82 - 136
Oct 25, 2023
Problems In The Poetry Of The Elysian Fields: PURGATORIO, Canto VII, Lines 64 - 81
Oct 22, 2023
Virgil, Sordello, And The Limits Of The Will: PURGATORIO, Canto VII, Lines 37 - 63
Oct 18, 2023
Virgil Redefines Limbo And The Journey Across The Known Universe: PURGATORIO, Canto VII, Lines 16 - 36
Oct 15, 2023
Virgil Returns To Center Stage: PURGATORIO, Canto VII, Lines 1 - 15
Oct 11, 2023
The Rage Comes To Rest (Sort Of): PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 127 - 151
Oct 08, 2023
The Poet Dante Finally Loses Control: PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 106 - 126
Oct 04, 2023
Dante The Pilgrim Versus Dante The Poet
Oct 01, 2023
You Don't Always Get The Poem You Want: PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 76 - 105
Sep 27, 2023
Sordello, Dante's Second Guide Across The Known Universe: PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 49 - 75
Sep 24, 2023
The Garbled Logic Of A Classical Poet In A Christian Poem: PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 25 - 48
Sep 20, 2023
Winners, Losers, And Beggars: PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 1 - 24
Sep 17, 2023
The Strange Brew Of Love And Disgust: PURGATORIO, Cantos VI - VIII
Aug 13, 2023
"Che Son La Pia": PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 130 - 136
Aug 09, 2023
The Struggle For A Son's Soul: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 85 - 129
Aug 06, 2023
The Strangely Beautiful And Poetic Death Of Jacopo Del Cassero: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 64 - 84
Aug 02, 2023
In A Rush For Peace: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 37 - 63
Jul 30, 2023
The Prisoners Of Hope: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 22 - 36
Jul 26, 2023
Distractions And The Demands Of Writing About Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 1 - 21
Jul 23, 2023
Mobs On The Mountain: A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Canto V
Jul 19, 2023
Belacqua Redux: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 97 - 139
Jul 16, 2023
Belacqua, The King Of Misdirection Through Centuries Of Reading Dante's COMEDY: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 115 - 139
Jul 12, 2023
When The Going Gets Tough, Some People Just Sit Down: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 97 -114
Jul 09, 2023
Astronomy = Geography = Morality: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 76 - 96
Jul 05, 2023
A Geocentric Rest Stop: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 52 - 75
Jul 02, 2023
The Way Up Is Always Hard: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 19 - 51
Jun 28, 2023
The First "Scientific" Disquisition Is A Grand Misdirection: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 1 - 18
Jun 25, 2023
The Sad (And Fictional) Story Of Manfred's Corpse: PURGATORIO, Canto III, Lines 121 - 145
Jun 21, 2023
The First Great Penitent Of Purgatory, Manfred: PURGATORIO, Canto III, Lines 103 - 120
Jun 18, 2023
Of Flocks, Pilgrims, And Living In The “What Is": PURGATORIO, Canto III, Lines 79 - 102
Jun 14, 2023
Virgil, The Flattering, Witty Sage: PURGATORIO, Canto III, Lines 67 - 78
Jun 10, 2023
The Chaos Of Virgil, The Pilgrim Dante, Reason, And Revelation: PURGATORIO, Canto III, Lines 46 - 66
Jun 07, 2023
Virgil's Bitter Distress: Purgatorio, Canto III, Lines 22 - 45
Jun 04, 2023
Your Body, Your Alienation: Purgatorio, Canto III, Lines 10 - 21
May 31, 2023
Virgil, The Failure . . . Maybe: PURGATORIO, Canto III, Lines 1 - 9
May 28, 2023
The Initial Climb: PURGATORIO, Cantos 3 - 4
May 24, 2023
Part Two Of "What Is Purgatory?"
May 21, 2023
Comparing PURGATORIO I & II With Each Other And With INFERNO I & II
May 17, 2023
Cato's Back--Clearly Mad But A Bit Baffling As Well: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 118 - 133
May 14, 2023
Refusing Love And Being Human: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 106 - 117
May 10, 2023
Casella, We Love You But Hardly Know You: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 88 - 105
May 07, 2023
Spooky Hugs: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 76 - 87
May 03, 2023
Of Pilgrims, Pilgrimages, And Wonder: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 52 - 75
Apr 30, 2023
Two Ways Of Being Dead: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 43 -51
Apr 26, 2023
The First Angel Arrives In Purgatory With Lots Of Questions In Tow: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 25 - 42
Apr 23, 2023
Being All Red Just When You're Supposed To Be All White: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 13 - 24
Apr 19, 2023
Sunrise With Nowhere To Go: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 1 - 12
Apr 16, 2023
Part One Of "What Is Purgatory?"
Apr 12, 2023
Lost And Found In Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 112 - 136
Apr 09, 2023
Just Tell Your Story And Stay Pliant: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 85 - 111
Apr 05, 2023
Cato, Marcia, And The Problems They Cause: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 49 - 84 (Part Two)
Apr 02, 2023
Virgil Out Of His Depths--Or Maybe Out Of Dante's: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 49 - 84 (Part One)
Mar 29, 2023
A Lone Old Man Who Disrupts COMEDY And Changes The Rules Of The Afterlife: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 28 - 48
Mar 26, 2023
Laughter And Loss, The Essence Of Being Human: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 13 - 27
Mar 22, 2023
Of A Poet, His Hubris, And His Doubts: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 1 - 12
Mar 19, 2023
The Shores Of Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Cantos 1 - 2
Mar 15, 2023
An Introduction To PURGATORIO
Mar 12, 2023
What We Missed And How You Can Further Your Own Slow-Walk Across INFERNO
Feb 01, 2023
INFERNO: Final Thoughts Without Firm Conclusions
Jan 29, 2023
Reading INFERNO, Cantos 32 - 34
Jan 25, 2023
Reading INFERNO, Cantos 29 - 31
Jan 22, 2023
Reading INFERNO, Cantos 26 - 28
Jan 18, 2023
Reading INFERNO, Cantos 24 - 25
Jan 15, 2023
Reading INFERNO, Cantos 21 - 23
Jan 11, 2023
Reading INFERNO, Cantos 18 - 20
Jan 08, 2023
Reading INFERNO, Cantos 14 - 17
Jan 04, 2023
Reading INFERNO, Cantos 11 - 13
Jan 01, 2023
Reading INFERNO, Cantos 8 - 10
Dec 28, 2022
Reading INFERNO, Cantos 4 - 7
Dec 25, 2022
Reading INFERNO, Cantos 1 - 3
Dec 21, 2022
Let's Walk Out To See The Stars: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 127 - 139
Dec 18, 2022
Despite All The Ribbing And Drubbing, Virgil Remains Virgil To The End: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 94 - 126
Dec 14, 2022
More About Up, Down, And Spin: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 70 - 93
Dec 11, 2022
The Way Down Is The Way Up: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 70 - 93
Dec 07, 2022
Noshing On The Worst Sinners In Hell: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 46 - 69
Dec 04, 2022
A Brief History Of Satan (Up Until Dante's Vision)
Nov 30, 2022
The Three Faces Of Interpretation . . . Or Satan: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 28 - 45
Nov 27, 2022
An Overview Of The Seven Direct Addresses To The Reader In INFERNO
Nov 23, 2022
Behold Satan: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 1 - 27
Nov 20, 2022
The Zombie Apocalypse: INFERNO, Canto XXXIII, Lines 118 - 157
Nov 16, 2022
Virgil Returns For No Reason, Dante The Poet Slips, And More Fun On The Ice Sheet Of Cocytus: INFERNO, Canto XXXIII, Lines 91 - 117
Nov 13, 2022
Of Narcissists, Purgatory, Rage, Ugolino, And Our Poet Dante: INFERNO, Canto XXXIII, Lines 1 - 90
Nov 09, 2022
Count Ugolino As A Perversion And Affirmation Of The New Testament: INFERNO, Canto XXXIII, Lines 1 - 78
Nov 06, 2022
Placing Count Ugolino Inside The Scope Of Dante's Hell: INFERNO, Canto XXXIII, Lines 1 - 78
Nov 02, 2022
Introducing The Last Great Sinner Of Hell, Count Ugolino: INFERNO, Canto XXXIII, Lines 1 - 78
Oct 30, 2022
Cannibalism And Polyphony: INFERNO, Canto XXXII, Lines 124 - 139
Oct 26, 2022
Snitching To The Devil: INFERNO, Canto XXXII, Lines 103 - 123
Oct 23, 2022
A Treacherous Poet On A Treacherous Ice Sheet: Inferno, Canto XXXII, Lines 70 - 102
Oct 19, 2022
An Overview Of The Similes (So Far) In Dante's COMEDY
Oct 16, 2022
They Make Me So Mad That I Could Just Kill My Family: Inferno, Canto XXXII, Lines 40 - 69
Oct 12, 2022
Disembodied Voices In The Pastoral Landscape Of An Ice Sheet: Inferno, Canto XXXII, Lines 16 - 39
Oct 09, 2022
When Hell Gets So Bad You Despair Of Your Own Craft: Inferno, Canto XXXII, Lines 1 - 15
Oct 05, 2022
Welcome To The Foundations Of The Universe: Inferno, Canto XXXI, Lines 130 - 145
Oct 02, 2022
Flattering Your Way To The Center Of The Earth: INFERNO, Canto XXXI, Lines 112 - 129
Sep 28, 2022
Three Big Bad Giants With Not Much At Stake Except The Nature Of Comedy Itself: Inferno, Canto XXXI, Lines 82 - 111
Sep 25, 2022
Nimrod, A Mighty Hunter, A Mighty Problem: INFERNO, Canto XXXI, Lines 46 - 81
Sep 21, 2022
Towers? No, Giants! No, Towers! Inferno, Canto XXXI, Lines 28 - 45
Sep 18, 2022
The Liminal Space Between The Eighth And Ninth Circles Of Hell: Inferno, Canto XXXI, Lines 7 - 27
Sep 14, 2022
Our Farewell To Fraud With A Host Of (Maybe Unanswered) Questions: INFERNO, Cantos XVIII, Line 1, through XXXI, Line 6
Sep 11, 2022
An Overview Of Fraud, The Eighth Circle Of INFERNO
Sep 07, 2022
A Review And Overview Of Fraud's Tenth Evil Pouch: Inferno, Canto XXIX, Line 1, through Canto XXXI, Line 6
Sep 04, 2022
The End Of Fraud—That Is, The Self In The Self Wishing The Self Were In The Self: INFERNO, Canto XXX, Line 130, through Canto XXXI, Line 6
Aug 31, 2022
The Many Pleasures Of Insults: INFERNO, Canto XXX, Lines 104 - 129
Aug 28, 2022
The Bottom Of Hell, The Beginnings Of Western Civilization: INFERNO, Canto XXX, Lines 91 - 103
Aug 24, 2022
Behold The New Modern Man, Master Adam: INFERNO, Canto XXX, Lines 46 - 90
Aug 21, 2022
Watch Out For Those Impersonators: INFERNO, Canto XXX, Lines 34 - 45
Aug 17, 2022
Contagion, Fraud, And The Fall Of Civilizations: INFERNO, Canto XXX, Lines 1 - 33
Aug 14, 2022
Gossip About The Fools Of This World Is About As Human As It Gets: INFERNO, Canto XXIX, Lines 124 - 139
Aug 10, 2022
Laughter Is The Best Medicine, Even In Hell: INFERNO, Canto XXIX, Lines 109 - 123
Aug 07, 2022
How To Hold Onto Your Humanity, Even In Hell: INFERNO, Canto XXIX, Lines 73 - 108
Aug 03, 2022
A Medieval Hospital Of Horrors: INFERNO, Canto XXIX, Lines 37 - 72
Jul 31, 2022
You Can Solve Your Family's Vendetta Even In Hell: INFERNO, Canto XXIX, Lines 1 - 36
Jul 27, 2022
Bertran de Born, The Rationale For Inferno, & The Dangers Of Poetry: INFERNO, Canto XXVIII, Lines 112 - 142
Jul 24, 2022
Of The Florentine Civil War, The Bloody Aftermath, And Its Child, Rage: INFERNO, Canto XXVIII, Lines 103 - 111
Jul 20, 2022
Of The Roman Civil War, Idealism, And Its Child, Ambivalence: Inferno, Canto XXVIII, Lines 91 - 102
Jul 17, 2022
The Wonder Of Historical Obscurity: Inferno, Canto XXVIII, Lines 64 - 90
Jul 13, 2022
The Most Shocking Line In The Canticle Of Pain: Inferno, Canto XXVIII, Lines 46 - 63
Jul 10, 2022
Dante, Muhammad, The Comedy, and Islam: Inferno, Canto XXVIII, Lines 22 - 45
Jul 06, 2022
The Body In Pain Is The Wreckage Of Empire: INFERNO, Canto XXVIII, Lines 1 - 21
Jul 03, 2022
A Comparision And Contrast Between Ulysses And Guido Da Montefeltro: Inferno, Cantos XXVI And XXVII
Jun 29, 2022
The Demonic Struggle For Guido's Embittered Soul: Inferno, Canto XXVII, Lines 112 - 136
Jun 26, 2022
Guido da Montefeltro's Take On His Own Life ("I Didn't Do Anything Wrong"): Inferno, Canto XXVII, Lines 58 - 111
Jun 22, 2022
An Interview And Reading Of Inferno, Canto XXVIII, Lines 58 - 129 With J. Simon Harris And His New Translation Of Inferno
Jun 19, 2022
Tiptoeing Around The Tyrants Of Romagna: Inferno, Canto XXVII, Lines 31 - 57
Jun 15, 2022
Beware Of Classical Figures, Modern Politicians, And Maybe Poets: Inferno, Canto XXVII, Lines 1 - 30
Jun 12, 2022
The Case For Ulysses: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 85 - 142
Jun 08, 2022
The Case Against Ulysses: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 85 - 142
Jun 05, 2022
The Glorious Monologue Of The Damned Ulysses: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 85 - 142
Jun 01, 2022
It's All Greek To Dante: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 64 - 84
May 29, 2022
The Fifth Great Sinner Of Hell, Ulysses: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 49 - 63
May 25, 2022
Fireflies, Elijah, And Messy Metaphors: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 25 - 48
May 15, 2022
Poetic Theory In The Crack Between Two Evil Pouches: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 13 - 24
May 11, 2022
Take Heart, Fellow Walkers!
May 08, 2022
More Questions Than Answers: An Overview Of The Metamorphosizing Thieves And The Seventh Of Fraud's Malebolge
May 04, 2022
The Shifty Thieves, The Certain Judgment, The Uncertain Poet: Inferno, Canto XXV, Line 142 - Canto XXVI, Line 12
May 01, 2022
Morphing Into Your Own Father: Inferno, Canto XXV, Lines 79 - 141 (Part Two)
Apr 27, 2022
Identity Theft In The Middle Ages: Inferno, Canto XXV, Lines 79 - 141 (Part One)
Apr 24, 2022
Turning The Beast With Two Backs Into Poetry: Inferno, Canto XXV, Lines 34 - 78 (Part Two)
Apr 20, 2022
The Beast With Two Backs--Or, Two Things And Nothing: Inferno, Canto XXV, Lines 34 - 78 (Part One)
Apr 17, 2022
Cacus, A Centaur Like None Other, Not Even In Classical Literature: Inferno, Canto XXV, Lines 17 -33
Apr 13, 2022
Revenge Is Ever So Sweet: Inferno, Canto XXV, Lines 1 - 16
Apr 10, 2022
The Bad Boys Get The Best Prophecies: Inferno, Canto XXIV, Lines 121 - 151
Apr 06, 2022
Snakebit: Inferno, Canto XXIV, Lines 97 - 120
Apr 03, 2022
A Swarm Of Snakes And Literary Texts: Inferno, Canto XXIV, Lines 79 - 96
Mar 30, 2022
Get Me Closer To That Unintelligible Stuff: Inferno, Canto XXIV, Lines 61 - 78
Mar 27, 2022
Virgil's Reprimand, The Pilgrim's Hypocrisy, The Poet's Games: Inferno, Canto XXIV, Lines 46 - 60
Mar 23, 2022
The Struggle Is Real: Inferno, Canto XXIV, Lines 22 - 45
Mar 20, 2022
The Stars, The Seasons, A Peasant, And Dante: Inferno, Canto XXIV, Lines 1 - 21
Mar 16, 2022
Reading The Comedy Without Believing The Comedy
Mar 13, 2022
Virgil Humiliated, Virgil Adored: Inferno, Canto XXIII, Lines 127 - 148
Mar 09, 2022
Virgil Gawks: Inferno, Canto XXIII, Lines 109 - 126
Mar 06, 2022
Welcome To The Synod Of The Hypocrites: Inferno, Canto XXIII, Lines 82 - 108
Mar 02, 2022
The Lead Weight Of Hypocrisy: Inferno, Canto XXIII, Lines 58 - 81
Feb 27, 2022
A Review And Reading Of The Entire Fifth Evil Pouch Of Fraud: Inferno, Canto XXI, Line 1 - Canto XXIII, Line 57
Feb 23, 2022
What You Read Determines What You See: Inferno, Canto XXIII, Lines 4 - 57
Feb 20, 2022
Grifters 1, Demons 0: Inferno, Canto XXII, Line 118 - Canto XXIII, Line 3
Feb 16, 2022
The Game Is On: Inferno, Canto XXII, Lines 94 - 117
Feb 13, 2022
Naming Names Among The Grifters: Inferno, Canto XXII, Lines 76 - 93
Feb 09, 2022
The Demons Take Their Pound Of Flesh: Inferno, Canto XXII, Lines 40 - 75
Feb 06, 2022
Strolling Down The Avenue With The Demons: Inferno, Canto XXII, Lines 13 - 39
Feb 02, 2022
Mile-High Poetics In The Service Of Rank Vulgarity: Inferno, Canto XXI, Line 127 - Canto XXII, Line 12
Jan 30, 2022
Bring On The Demons: Inferno, Canto XXI, Lines 103 - 126
Jan 26, 2022
All About Dante And Demons
Jan 23, 2022
High Virgil, Low Demons, And The Poor Pilgrim Dante: Inferno, Canto XXI, Lines 64 - 102
Jan 19, 2022
Working Together To Make A Mess: Inferno, Canto XXI, Lines 46 - 63
Jan 16, 2022
Virgil To The Rescue, A Demon On The Run: Inferno, Canto XXI, Lines 22 - 45
Jan 12, 2022
Metaphors, Tautologies, And Pitch: Inferno, Canto XXI, Lines 1 - 21
Jan 09, 2022
Breaking Every Text, Even Your Own: Inferno, Canto XX, Lines 100 - 130
Dec 22, 2021
Virgil And His Fraudulent Poem The Aeneid: Inferno, Canto XX, Lines 52 - 99
Dec 19, 2021
For A Guy So Hard On Dante, Virgil Sure Doesn't Know His Classical Sources: Inferno, Canto XX, Lines 25 - 51
Dec 15, 2021
Poets, The Biggest Fraudsters Of All: Inferno, Canto XX, Lines 1 - 24
Dec 12, 2021
A Look Back At The Structure, Beauty, And Engineering Of Inferno, Canto XIX
Dec 08, 2021
Out Of Rage And Into Virgil's Arms: Inferno, Canto XIX, Lines 118 - 133
Dec 05, 2021
The Rant To End All Rants (Also, The World): Inferno, Canto XIX, Lines 88 - 117
Dec 01, 2021
Just When You Think You Have Comedy Figured Out, It Breaks You: Inferno, Canto XIX, Lines 64 - 87
Nov 28, 2021
Popes In Hell: Inferno, Canto XIX, Lines 46 - 63
Nov 24, 2021
Let's Go Down Into The Third Evil Pouch: Inferno, Canto XIX, Lines 31 - 45
Nov 21, 2021
Everybody Gets A Chance To Break The Church: Inferno, Canto XIX, Lines 13 - 30
Nov 17, 2021
Of Prophets, Poets, And Pilgims: Inferno, Canto XIX, Lines 1 - 12
Nov 14, 2021
Flattery And Feces, Together At Last: Inferno, Canto XVIII, Lines 115 - 134
Nov 10, 2021
The Moldiest, Muckiest, And Grossest Bits Of Inferno (So Far): Inferno, Canto XVIII, Lines 100 - 114
Nov 07, 2021
The Fine Art Of Seduction Can Land You In Hell: Inferno, Canto XVIII, Lines 67 - 99
Nov 03, 2021
Pimps, Fraud, And Metamorphosis: Inferno, Canto XVIII, Lines 40 - 66
Oct 31, 2021
Our First Glimpse Of Old-School Demons: Inferno, Canto XVIII, Lines 22 - 39
Oct 27, 2021
Welcome To The Eighth Circle Of Hell: Inferno, Canto XVIII, Lines 1 - 21
Oct 24, 2021
A Look Back Over The Seventh Circle Of Hell In Dante's COMEDY
Oct 20, 2021
Flying By The Seat Of Your Pants (Also, Geryon): Inferno, Canto XVII, Lines 100 - 134
Oct 17, 2021
Buck Up, It's Geryon (And Modern Narrative Techniques): Inferno, Canto XVII, Lines 79 - 99
Oct 13, 2021
The Poetics Of Color And Usury: Inferno, Canto XVII, Lines 46 - 78
Oct 10, 2021
Poet And Pilgrim, Walking Alone Along The Cliff: Inferno, Canto XVII, Lines 28 - 45
Oct 06, 2021
Behold The Beast Of Fraud And Poetic Technique: Inferno, Canto XVII, Lines 1 - 27
Oct 03, 2021
Laying My Cards On The Table: How I Read Dante's Comedy
Sep 29, 2021
Swearing The Truth About The Beast Of Fraud: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 124 - 136
Sep 26, 2021
Cords, Leopards, Medieval Poets, And Medieval Pilgrims, All Straightened Out By Classical Poetry: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 106 - 123
Sep 22, 2021
Tumbling Over A Simile About A Waterfall: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 91 - 105
Sep 19, 2021
Civic Unity, Truth-Telling, And (Not) Making A Difference In Hell: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 79 - 90
Sep 15, 2021
Stopping The Mouth Of History With The Words Of A Prophet: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 64 - 78
Sep 12, 2021
The Answer To Dashed Hopes Is Far Harder Than Anger: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 46 - 63
Sep 08, 2021
When History Speaks, It Doesn't Always Tell The Truth: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 28 - 45
Sep 05, 2021
Brunetto Is Gone But Not Forgotten On The Burning Sands: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 1 - 27
Sep 01, 2021
An Interview with Kristen Hook, A Dantista Writing Her Dissertation On Inferno, Canto X
Aug 29, 2021
Are These Really The Homosexuals Punished In Inferno, Canto XV?
Aug 25, 2021
Gossip, Ambivalence, And The Strangeness of Virgil's Presence: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 100 - 124
Aug 22, 2021
A Pilgrim Walking Across Hell? Not Really. More Like A Writer: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 79 - 99
Aug 18, 2021
Unanswered Questions and Unasked-For Prophecies: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 46 - 78
Aug 15, 2021
The Fourth Great Sinner Of Hell, Brunetto Latini: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 25 - 45
Aug 11, 2021
The Long View Across The Burning Sands: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 1 - 24
Aug 08, 2021
An Interview with the poet and novelist J. Simon Harris, a translator of Dante's INFERNO
Jul 04, 2021
Exploring A Coda To A Canto And Cleaning Up The Canto As A Whole: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 121 - 142
Jun 30, 2021
The Old Man Of Crete PART TWO--Sewing The Canto Back Together: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 94 - 120
Jun 27, 2021
The Old Man Of Crete PART ONE--A Statue Rises From Four Other Texts: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 94 - 120
Jun 23, 2021
Dante Calmly Tells The Tale And Virgil Makes A Wild Claim: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 76 - 93
Jun 20, 2021
Blaspheming Against Jove Smack In The Middle Of A Christian Poem: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 43 - 78
Jun 16, 2021
It's Snowing Fire And You're Naked: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 19 - 42
Jun 13, 2021
Welcome To The Arid Plains Of The Blasphemers: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 1 - 18
Jun 09, 2021
Further Questions About Inferno, Canto XIII
Jun 06, 2021
One Last Suicide, One Last Irony, One Last Intertextuality: Inferno, Canto XIII, Lines 127 - 151
Jun 02, 2021
The Limits Of Credulity In A Poem About The Afterlife: Inferno, Canto XIII, Lines 109 - 126
May 30, 2021
Sorrows And Windows For Sorrow: Inferno, Canto XIII, Lines 79 - 108
May 26, 2021
The Third Great Sinner of Hell, Pier delle Vigne: Inferno, Canto XIII, Lines 46 - 78
May 23, 2021
Maybe You Can't Trust Those Old Roman Poets: Inferno, Canto XIII, Lines 1 - 45
May 19, 2021
Getting Ready For Canto XIII Of Dante's Inferno
May 16, 2021
At Long Last, The Violent Appear: Inferno, Canto XII, Lines 103 - 139
May 12, 2021
Astride a Centaur: Inferno, Canto XII, Lines 76 - 102
May 09, 2021
The Centaurs--A Rider Without A Horse Or A Horse Without A Rider: Inferno, Canto XII, Lines 49 - 75
May 05, 2021
More On Virgil's Life Outside Of Comedy: Inferno, Canto XII, Lines 31 - 48
May 02, 2021
This Way To The Violent, Down The Slope, Past The Minotaur: Inferno, Canto XII, Lines 1 - 30
Apr 28, 2021
Too Many Footnotes And Not Enough Time To Reflect
Apr 25, 2021
Usury + Violence = A Theory Of Art: Inferno, Canto XI, Lines 91 - 114
Apr 21, 2021
Virgil, Your Map Of Hell Needs A Little Work: Inferno, Canto XI, Lines 67 - 90
Apr 18, 2021
The Greatest Sin Isn't Pride--It's Fraud: Inferno, Canto XI, Lines 52 - 66
Apr 14, 2021
The Sins Of Violence Explained (Sort Of): Inferno, Canto XI, Lines 28 - 51
Apr 11, 2021
Mapping The Uncharted At The Beginning Of The Age Of Discovery: Inferno, Canto XI, Lines 16 - 27
Apr 07, 2021
The Dazzle of Beatrice, The Stench Of Hell: Inferno, Canto X, Line 121b, through Canto XI, Lines 15
Apr 04, 2021
Where Is My Son? A Thematic And Structural Overview Of INFERNO, Canto X
Mar 31, 2021
Repenting To A Heretic: Inferno, Canto X, Lines 94 - 121a
Mar 28, 2021
How To Be Human And How To Quit Being Human: Inferno, Canto X, Lines 73 - 93
Mar 24, 2021
Poetic Rivalry And Poetic Guilt: Inferno, Canto X, Lines 52 - 72
Mar 21, 2021
The Second Great Sinner Of Hell, Farinata degli Uberti: Inferno, Canto X, Lines 22 - 51
Mar 17, 2021
Cosmic Battles And Interpersonal Squabbles: Inferno, Canto X, Lines 1 - 21
Mar 14, 2021
Straight On, Then Turn Right For The Heretics: Inferno, Canto IX, Lines 107 - 133
Mar 10, 2021
Saved At Last . . . By Mercury, Christ, The Archangel Michael, Someone: Inferno, Canto IX, Lines 64 - 106
Mar 07, 2021
How Much Classical Imagery Can One Poem Take? Inferno, Canto IX, Lines 34 - 63
Mar 03, 2021
Did Dante Intend All Of This?
Feb 28, 2021
Erichtho And The Complications In Virgil's Backstory: Inferno, Canto IX, Lines 1 - 33
Feb 24, 2021
Being Human In Hell: Inferno, Canto VIII, Lines 97 - 130
Feb 21, 2021
The Walls Of Dis And The Limits Of Virgil's Imagination: Inferno, Canto VIII, Lines 64 - 96
Feb 17, 2021
Angry Among The Angry: Inferno, Canto VIII, Lines 31 - 63
Feb 14, 2021
It's All Plot: An Overview Of The Fifth Circle Of Wrath
Feb 10, 2021
Dante Is The Poet Who Stands Between The Classical And Modern Worlds: Inferno, Canto VIII, Lines 7 - 30
Feb 07, 2021
Nothing In Dante's Own Hand: A Brief History Of COMEDY's Manuscripts
Feb 03, 2021
The Biggest Crack In Hell Is In The Poetry, Not The Landscape: Inferno, Canto VIII, Lines 1 - 6
Jan 31, 2021
On To The Wrathful And The Fifth Circle Of Hell: Inferno, Canto VII, Lines 97 - 130
Jan 27, 2021
O, Fortuna: Inferno, Canto VII, Lines 67 - 96
Jan 24, 2021
Structure, Fortune, And The Cracks In Dante's Poetry: Inferno, Canto VII, Lines 36 - 66
Jan 20, 2021
Jousting With Plutus And Greed In The Fourth Circle Of Hell: Inferno, Canto VII, Lines 1 - 35
Jan 17, 2021
All The Ways Virgil Gets The Apocalypse Wrong: Inferno, Canto VI, Lines 94 - 115
Jan 13, 2021
The Bloodbath That Was, Is, And Will Be Florence: Inferno, Canto VI, Lines 58 - 93
Jan 10, 2021
The Curious Case Of Ciacco, The Glutton: Inferno, Canto VI, Lines 34 - 57
Jan 06, 2021
Wide Awake With Cereberus In The Third Circle Of Hell: Inferno, Canto VI, Lines 1 - 33
Jan 03, 2021
The Case For Francesca: Inferno, Canto V, Lines 88 - 142
Dec 20, 2020
The Case Against Francesca: Inferno, Canto V, Lines 88 - 142
Dec 16, 2020
Damning Lust And Then Confusing It With Love: Inferno, Canto V, Lines 52 - 87
Dec 13, 2020
The Lush Poetry Of The Lustful: Inferno, Canto V, Lines 25 - 51
Dec 09, 2020
An Introduction to the Seven Deadly Sins
Dec 06, 2020
The Second Circle Of Hell And Minos, The Connoisseur Of Sin: Inferno, Canto V, Lines 1 - 24
Dec 02, 2020
A Look Back At The First Four Cantos of INFERNO
Nov 29, 2020
Cataloguing The Greats You Know And The Ones You Wish You Knew: Inferno, Canto IV, Lines 115 - 151
Nov 25, 2020
Here Come The Great Poets Of Limbo: Inferno, Canto IV, Lines 85 - 114
Nov 22, 2020
Virgil And His Misunderstanding Of The Harrowing Of Hell: Inferno, Canto IV, Lines 46 - 84
Nov 18, 2020
Limbo Explained Theologically and Historically
Nov 15, 2020
Welcome To Virgil's Home Turf, The First Circle Of Hell, Limbo: Inferno, Canto IV, Lines 1 - 45
Nov 14, 2020
When Crossing The River Into Hell, Don't Faint: Inferno, Canto III, Lines 109 - 136
Nov 08, 2020
Charon, The Ferryman Of The Damned: Inferno, Canto III, Lines 70 - 108
Nov 04, 2020
Sometimes, You Get The Hell You Want: Inferno, Canto III, Lines 22 - 69
Nov 01, 2020
Abandon Hope For It's The Gate Of Hell: Inferno, Canto III, Lines 1 - 21
Oct 28, 2020
Bested By Beatrice, Bested By Virgil: Inferno, Canto II, Lines 115 - 141
Oct 25, 2020
The Way You Get Saved Is With A Story: Inferno, Canto II, Lines 76 - 114
Oct 21, 2020
Rhetorical Battles And The Quest To Tell The Tale In Inferno, Canto II, Lines 43 - 75
Oct 18, 2020
"I Am Not Aeneas, I Am Not Saint Paul": False Modesty In Inferno, Canto II, Lines 1 - 42
Oct 14, 2020
We've Finished Inferno, Canto I: Here's a Look Back And Look Around The Entire Poem
Oct 11, 2020
Virgil The Poet Becomes Virgil The Prophet: Inferno, Canto I, Lines 97 - 136
Oct 07, 2020
Virgil To The Rescue: Inferno, Canto I, Lines 67 - 96
Oct 04, 2020
A Bestiary Of Leopards, Lions, And Wolves: INFERNO, Canto I, Lines 28 - 66
Sep 30, 2020
Turbulence In The Lake Of The Heart: INFERNO, Canto I, Lines 10 - 27
Sep 26, 2020
Who was Dante?
Sep 26, 2020
Waking Up Lost: INFERNO, Canto I, Lines 1 - 9
Sep 26, 2020
A Quick Introduction To WALKING WITH DANTE
Sep 26, 2020