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Of Moon Spots and Virgil: PARADISO, Canto II, Lines 46 - 63

2

Incarnated in the Moon: PARADISO, Canto II, Lines 19 - 45

3

Go Home: PARADISO, Canto II, Lines 1 - 18

4

Of Natural Instincts and Their Natural Ends: PARADISO, Canto I, Lines 115 - 142

5

Sailing Across the Great Sea of "To Be": PARADISO, Canto I, Lines 94 - 114

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Returning Home Through the Music of the Spheres: PARADISO, Canto I, Lines 61 - 93

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Staring at the Sun: PARADISO, Canto I, Lines 37 - 60

8

A Polyvocal Passage With All Its Dissonances: PARADISO, Canto I, Lines 13 - 36

9

Welcome to a Renegotiated Poem: PARADISO, Canto I, Lines 1 - 12

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WALKING WITH DANTE is coming back to start PARADISO on 26 July!

11

An Update About Starting PARADISO soon

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Walking With Dante is going on a short hiatus

13

Final Thoughts On PURGATORIO

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The Seven Addresses To The Reader In PURGATORIO

15

Dante's Theories Of Writing Across INFERNO and PURGATORIO

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All The Hopeful Ambiguity Of The Second Canticle: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXIII, Lines 124 - 145

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At Long Last, Matelda: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXIII, Lines 103 - 123

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Images, Schools, Obscurities, And The Promise Of Clarity: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXIII, Lines 79 - 102

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In Which Pilgrimage Becomes Crusade: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXIII, Lines 61 - 78

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Take Notes, Dante: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXIII, Lines 46 - 60

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Beatrice And Her Cryptic "Five Hundred Ten And Five": PURGATORIO, Canto XXXIII, Lines 25 - 45

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Walking With Beatrice In Eden: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXIII, Lines 1 - 24

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Apocalypse Even In Eden, Part Two: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXII, Lines 109 - 160

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Apocalypse Even In Eden, Part One: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXII, Lines 109 - 160

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A Brief Introduction To Women In The High Middle Ages

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Beatrice, Changed; Dante, Panicked; And The Reader, De-centered: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXII, Lines 70 - 108

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Asleep In Eden: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXII, Lines 49 - 69

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Games Of Interpretation In Eden: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXII, Lines 28 - 48

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Sound The Retreat In Eden: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXII, Lines 1 - 27

30

A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Cantos XXXII - XXXIII

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The Revelation Of Beatrice's Hidden, Second Beauty: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXI, Lines 127 - 145

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Beatrice And The Griffin: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXI, Lines 112 - 126

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Washed Clean In Lethe: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXI, Lines 91 - 111

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Dante Faints For The Third Time In COMEDY: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXI, Lines 64 - 90

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Absence Becomes Elevated, High-Style Presence: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXI, Lines 49 - 63

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At Long Last, Dante's Confession: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXI, Lines 22 - 48

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The Poet Loses His Words: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXI, Lines 1 - 21

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Finding The Fit For Your Talent: PURGATORIO, Canto XXX, Lines 127 - 145

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When You Don't Get The Redemption You Want: PURGATORIO, Canto XXX, Lines 100 - 126

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The Ice Finally Melts: PURGATORIO, Canto XXX, Lines 79 - 99

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The Admiral Comes Into Her Ship: PURGATORIO, Canto XXX, Lines 55 - 78

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Farewell, Virgil: PURGATORIO, Canto XXX, Lines 22 - 54

43

Brides, Grooms, And Virgil: PURGATORIO, Canto XXX, Lines 1 - 21

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The Second Coming Of Beatrice: A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Cantos XXX - XXXI

45

The Conclusion (For Now) Of The Timeless Parade Of Revelation: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIX, Lines 121 - 154

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The Shocking Emptiness Of Revelation: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIX, Lines 106 - 120

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No Time For Poetry: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIX, Lines 88 - 105

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The Parade Of Revelation: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIX, Lines 58 - 87

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That Which Walks In The Forest: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIX, Lines 31 - 57

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Let The Apocalypse Roll: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIX, Lines 1 - 30

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The Essential Fulcrum Of COMEDY: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVIII, Lines 134 - 148

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The Abundance Of The Poet's Imagination In Eden: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVIII, Lines 109 - 133

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The Breeze Of The Poem's Faith: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVIII, Lines 85 - 108

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The Many Contraditions In Eden: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVIII, Lines 67 - 84

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The Darkening Poetry Around The Solitary Lady: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVIII, Lines 43 - 66

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Of Brooks, Solitary Ladies, and Layered Meanings: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVIII, Lines 22 - 42

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Our Pilgrim Let Loose (Again) In A Dark Wood: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVIII, Lines 1 - 21

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The Top Of The Mount (Part One): A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, CANTOS XXVIII - XXIX

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The Climax Of Virgil In COMEDY: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVII, Lines 124 - 142

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To Refocus Virgil And COMEDY: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVII, Lines 109 - 123

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The Third And Final Dream On Mount Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVII, Lines 91 - 108

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The Flames Don't Burn Up Irony: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVII, Lines 49 - 90

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Of Fraud, Flames, And Love: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVII, Lines 19 - 48

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The Whole World Is On Fire: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVII, Lines 1 - 18

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Final Thoughts About Poetry, Lust, And Meaning On The Last Terrace Of Mount Purgatory

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French Poetry Doesn't Have To Condemn You: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVI, Lines 136 - 148

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Sweet Becomes Truthful Becomes Poetic: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVI, Lines 115 - 135

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The Love That Dares To Speak Its Name: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVI, Lines 94 - 114

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Queenly Embeasting: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVI, Lines 67 - 93

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The Pilgrim Writes His Way Into Revelation: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVI, Lines 49 - 66

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The Episode In Which My Voice Breaks: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVI, Lines 25 - 48

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Poets Make The Flames Of Lust More Colorful: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVI, Lines 1 - 24

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The Flames And Abyss Of Lust: PURGATORIO, Canto XXV, Lines 109 - 139

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The Corporeal Afterlife Of The Immaterial Soul: PURGATORIO, Canto XXV, Lines 79 - 108

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The Breath Of Life, The Breath Of Poetry: PURGATORIO, Canto XXV, Lines 52 - 78

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The Natural Process Of Life: PURGATORIO, Canto XXV, Lines 34 - 51

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Virgil's Inadequacy On Full Display: PURGATORIO, Canto XXV, Lines 22 - 33

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Hesitancy Is The Deadly Sin Of Art: PURGATORIO, Canto XXV, Lines 1 - 21

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A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Cantos XXV - XXVII

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The Compensations Of Contemplation: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIV, Lines 130 - 154

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Of Mythic Trees, Human Desire, And Ceremonial Solace: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIV, Lines 100 - 129

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A Look Back Over The Entire Conversation With Forese Donati: PURGATORIO Canto XXIII, Line 40, to Canto XXIV, Line 99

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Forese Donati's Parting Apocalypse: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIV, Lines 76 - 99

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The Daunting Problem Of This Sweet New Style: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIV, Lines 55 - 75

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Dante's Wild Claim About Love's Inspiration: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIV, Lines 34 - 54

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Of Eels And Wine: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIV, Lines 16 - 33

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Virgil's Silence And A First Glimpse Of Paradise: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIV, Lines 1 - 15

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Renegotiating COMEDY As PURGATORIO Nears Its Climax: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIII, Lines 112 - 133

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From Lofty To Lyrical In The Prophetic Voice: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIII, Lines 91 - 111

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The Heroic Nella Donati: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIII, Lines 76 - 90

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Pain, Solace, And Being Human: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIII, Lines 49 - 75

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Gluttons For Poetry: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIII, Lines 28 - 48

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Starved For Affection: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIII, Lines 1 - 27

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Did Dante Think The Characters In Classical Poems Were Real?

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You Are What You Eat . . . And Read: PURGATORIO, Canto XXII, Lines 130 - 145

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Going In Circles To Go Forward: PURGATORIO, Canto XXII, Lines 115 - 129

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Placing And Misplacing Your Classical Ancestors: PURGATORIO, Canto XXII, Lines 94 - 114

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Statius, The Closeted Christian: PURGATORIO, Canto XXII, Lines 76 - 93

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Virgil, The Damned Christian Missionary: PURGATORIO, Canto XXII, Lines 55 - 74

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An Interpolated Episode: Dante and Irony

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The Path To God Is Lined With Misquoted, Misinterpreted Texts: PURGATORIO, Canto XXII, Lines 25 - 54

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Virgil Offers Up The First Of Many Misread Texts: PURGATORIO, Canto XXII, Lines 1 - 24

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A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Cantos XXII - XXIV

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Caught Between Two Poets: PURGATORIO, Canto XXI, Lines 103 - 136

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The Audacity Of Statius: PURGATORIO, Canto XXI, Lines 76 - 102

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The (Maybe?) Supremacy Of The Will: PURGATORIO, Canto XXI, Lines 58 - 75

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The Place Beyond Accidental Change: PURGATORIO, Canto XXI, Lines 40 - 57

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Virgil's Classical Schooling And (Irreverent?) Insistence: PURGATORIO, Canto XXI, Lines 22 - 39

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A Shade Appears: PURGATORIO, Canto XXI, Lines 1 - 21

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Fear And Trembling On The Mountain: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 124 - 151

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Hugh Capet's Antiphon: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 97 - 123

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When The French Monarchy Makes Even The Papacy Look Good: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 82 - 96

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The Madness Of Hugh Capet's Descendants: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 61 - 81

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Hugh Capet In Purgatory . . . Or Maybe Not: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 40 - 60

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Poverty As Reward And Compensation: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 16 - 39

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What The Pilgrim Can Do And What A Redeemer Must Do: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 1 - 15

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The Loneliness Of Pope Adrian V: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 127 - 145

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The Most Bitter Pain Of Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 115 - 124

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A Pope In Purgatory For (Surprise!) Avarice: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 91 - 114

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Stuck To The Ground (Sometimes): PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 70 - 90

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Look To The Heavens: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 52 - 69

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Expecting Those Ladies Of Consolation: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 34 - 51

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Let's Compare The First Two Dreams In PURGATORIO

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The Siren, The Lady, And Virgil: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 16 - 33

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Chilly Dreams Before The Fifth Terrace Of Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 1- 15

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Greedy Beasts That Refuse The Lure: A Read-Through Of The Fifth Terrace Of PURGATORIO, Cantos XIX - XXI

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Fear, New Thoughts, And Dreams: PURGATORIO, Canto XVIII, Lines 130 - 145

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Speaking Truth To Power: PURGATORIO, Canto XVIII, Lines 97 - 129

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The Sleepy Can Get Run Over: PURGATORIO, Canto XVIII, Lines 76 - 96

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Virgil, Reason, Love, And The Roots Of Modern Ethics: PURGATORIO, Canto XVIII, Lines 49 - 75

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Questions Of Pregnancy And Blame: PURGATORIO, Canto XVIII, Lines 40 - 48

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The Cognitive, Rational Basis Of Love: PURGATORIO, Canto XVIII, Lines 19 - 39

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Excuse Me, Virgil, I Didn't Quite Get That: PURGATORIO, Canto XVIII, Lines 1 - 18

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A (Sort Of) Short Summary Of PURGATORIO, Cantos I - XVII

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Love Escapes Virgil: PURGATORIO, Canto XVII, Lines 127 - 139

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Love Maps Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto XVII, Lines 106 - 126

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Love Is The Seed: PURGATORIO, Canto XVII, Lines 91 - 105

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Drowsy Yet Vigilant, Slothful Yet Expectant: PURGATORIO, Canto XVII, Lines 73 - 90

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The Fourth Terrace Of Purgatory Proper: A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Canto XVII, Line 73, to Canto XVIII, Line 145

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All The Light Ends With The Stars: PURGATORIO, Canto XVII, Lines 40 - 72

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Three Ecstatic Visions And Dante's Warning (To Himself?) About Anger: PURGATORIO, Canto XVII, Lines 19 - 39

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The Light Of The Imagination: PURGATORIO, Canto XVII, Lines 1 - 18

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Marco Of Lombardy Redux: Questions From PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 46 - 145

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The Chatty Conclusion Of The Angry Marco's Discourse: PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 130 - 145

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The Best World Is A World With Two Suns: PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 97 - 129

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The Shocking News That The Soul Is A Little Girl: PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 85 - 96

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The Cause Is In You: PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 64 - 84

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How Can You Justify The Ways Of God (Or At Least, The Stars): PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 52 - 63

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Greeting The Wrathful And Slowly Changing COMEDY Itself: PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 25 - 51

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Solving The Knot Of Wrath: PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 1 - 24

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Anger In PURGATORIO and INFERNO

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The Third Terrace Of Purgatory Proper: A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Canto XV, Line 85, Through Canto XVII, Line 72

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Lighten Up Before The Dark Smoke Of Anger: PURGATORIO, Canto XV, Lines 115 - 145

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The Answer To Wrath Is Written On Your Face: PURGATORIO, Canto XV, Lines 94 - 114

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The First Ecstatic Vision . . . Of COMEDY: PURGATORIO, Canto XV, Lines 85 - 93

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Hunger, Light, Love, And The Theology Of Abundance: PURGATORIO, Canto XV, Lines 58 - 84

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Scarcity, Abundance, And The Poetics Between The Terraces: PURGATORIO, Canto XV, Lines 34 - 57

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Redefining The Terms Of What Seems To Be: PURGATORIO, Canto XV, Lines 25 - 33

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Playing Around With The Sun: PURGATORIO, Canto XV, Lines 1 - 24

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Virgil Inscribes Circularity Into Linearity: PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 142 - 151

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Two More Voices On The Winds Of Envy: PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 127 - 141

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Oh, For The Glory Days (That Maybe Never Were): PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 97 - 126

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Now You Know Who We Are: PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 73 - 96

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The Descent Of The Arno Into Metaphoric Space: PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 43 - 72

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The Many Textures Of Envy: PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 22 - 42

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Be Careful Of The Company You Keep: PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 1 - 21

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Sapía, Part Four--The Coda: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 85 - 104

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Sapía, Part Three—Rhetorical Games Reveal Both The Penitent And The Pilgrim: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 133 - 154

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Sapía, Part Two—Blasphemy Among The Penitents Of Envy: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 112 - 132

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Sapía, Part One—The Pilgrim Gets More (And Less!) Than He Bargained For: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 94 - 111

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Flattery Will Get You Irony: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 73 - 93

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Eyes Stitched Shut: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 46 - 72

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The Voices Of Love And Alienation: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 22 - 45

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The Easy Climb Into Complex Meaning: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 1 - 21

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Dante, Aquinas, Aristotle, And The Fences Of Truth

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The Second Terrace Of Purgatory: A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Line 1, though Canto XV, Line 84

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Erasing God's Writing Even If Virgil Smiles: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 118 - 139

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Narrow Stairs, Contorted Similes, And The On-Going Poetry Of Hell: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 100 - 117

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The Climb Out Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 73 - 99

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Storytelling, Moral Allegory, And The Human Paradox: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 64 - 72

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More Questions Than Answers About The Reliefs In The Road Bed Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 22 - 63

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Walking On Pride, Part Three: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 49 - 60

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Walking On Pride, Part Two: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 37 - 48

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Walking On Pride, Part One: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 25 - 36

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Art, Realism, And Dante's Sheer Audacity: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, lines 13 - 24

186

Dante's Pride Both Lanced And Swelling: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 1 - 12

187

A Bad Boy Makes Good On The Terrace Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 109 - 139

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Oderisi Redux: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 73 - 108

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Proud Oderisi Confronts The Vagaries Of Artistic Fame: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 73 - 108

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Proud Omberto, Humbled . . . Or Humbled Omberto, Still Proud: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 46 - 72

191

Disorienting The Reader On The Terrace Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 25 - 45

192

Dante Rewrites The Foundational Prayer Of Christianity: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 1 - 24

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When Art Envisions What Is: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 112 - 139

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A Seam In The Narrative Sewn With Virgil's Murmurs: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 94 -111

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The Moral Crux Of Justice And Compassion In The Last Intaglio: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 70 - 93

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Realism And Its Discontents: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 46 - 69

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Art, Creativity, And The False Promise Of The New: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 28 - 45

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The Post-Gate Letdown: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 1 - 27

199

The First Terrace Of Purgatory Proper: A Read-Through of PURGATORIO, Cantos X - XII

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Screeching And Singing Into Purgatory Proper: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 130 - 145

201

Of Keys, Gates, And Letters On The Forehead: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 106 - 129

202

Three Steps Up To The Gate And Into An Interpretive Quagmire: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 94 - 105

203

The Forbidding Angel At The Gate: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 79 - 93

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Brace Yourself For The Gate Of Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 64 - 78

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Lucy, Virgil, The Christian Reality, The Classical Texture: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 43 - 63

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A Dream Of Classical Sex And Sorrows: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 13 - 42

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Asleep In A Messy Bed Of Classical Imagery: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 1 - 12

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The Gate Of Purgatory: A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Canto IX

209

The Generosity That Ends The Cantos Of Ante-Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto VIII, Lines 109 - 139

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The Sun Sets On The Classical Landscape: PURGATORIO, Canto VIII, Lines 85 - 108

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Misogyny Rears Its Head: PURGATORIO, Canto VIII, Lines 64 - 84

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I Saw Them, They Saw Me, So The Journey Is Real: PURGATORIO, Canto VIII, Lines 46 - 63

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The First Angels Descend From Heaven: PURGATORIO, Canto VIII, Lines 19 - 45

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Ecstatic While Longing For Home: PURGATORIO, Canto VIII, Lines 1 - 18

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The Kings Who Dodged What They Should Have Done, Part Two: PURGATORIO, Canto VII, Lines 82 - 136

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The Kings Who Dodged What They Should Have Done, Part One: PURGATORIO, Canto VII, Lines 82 - 136

217

Problems In The Poetry Of The Elysian Fields: PURGATORIO, Canto VII, Lines 64 - 81

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Virgil, Sordello, And The Limits Of The Will: PURGATORIO, Canto VII, Lines 37 - 63

219

Virgil Redefines Limbo And The Journey Across The Known Universe: PURGATORIO, Canto VII, Lines 16 - 36

220

Virgil Returns To Center Stage: PURGATORIO, Canto VII, Lines 1 - 15

221

The Rage Comes To Rest (Sort Of): PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 127 - 151

222

The Poet Dante Finally Loses Control: PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 106 - 126

223

Dante The Pilgrim Versus Dante The Poet

224

You Don't Always Get The Poem You Want: PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 76 - 105

225

Sordello, Dante's Second Guide Across The Known Universe: PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 49 - 75

226

The Garbled Logic Of A Classical Poet In A Christian Poem: PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 25 - 48

227

Winners, Losers, And Beggars: PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 1 - 24

228

The Strange Brew Of Love And Disgust: PURGATORIO, Cantos VI - VIII

229

"Che Son La Pia": PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 130 - 136

230

The Struggle For A Son's Soul: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 85 - 129

231

The Strangely Beautiful And Poetic Death Of Jacopo Del Cassero: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 64 - 84

232

In A Rush For Peace: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 37 - 63

233

The Prisoners Of Hope: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 22 - 36

234

Distractions And The Demands Of Writing About Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 1 - 21

235

Mobs On The Mountain: A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Canto V

236

Belacqua Redux: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 97 - 139

237

Belacqua, The King Of Misdirection Through Centuries Of Reading Dante's COMEDY: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 115 - 139

238

When The Going Gets Tough, Some People Just Sit Down: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 97 -114

239

Astronomy = Geography = Morality: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 76 - 96

240

A Geocentric Rest Stop: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 52 - 75

241

The Way Up Is Always Hard: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 19 - 51

242

The First "Scientific" Disquisition Is A Grand Misdirection: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 1 - 18

243

The Sad (And Fictional) Story Of Manfred's Corpse: PURGATORIO, Canto III, Lines 121 - 145

244

The First Great Penitent Of Purgatory, Manfred: PURGATORIO, Canto III, Lines 103 - 120

245

Of Flocks, Pilgrims, And Living In The “What Is": PURGATORIO, Canto III, Lines 79 - 102

246

Virgil, The Flattering, Witty Sage: PURGATORIO, Canto III, Lines 67 - 78

247

The Chaos Of Virgil, The Pilgrim Dante, Reason, And Revelation: PURGATORIO, Canto III, Lines 46 - 66

248

Virgil's Bitter Distress: Purgatorio, Canto III, Lines 22 - 45

249

Your Body, Your Alienation: Purgatorio, Canto III, Lines 10 - 21

250

Virgil, The Failure . . . Maybe: PURGATORIO, Canto III, Lines 1 - 9

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The Initial Climb: PURGATORIO, Cantos 3 - 4

252

Part Two Of "What Is Purgatory?"

253

Comparing PURGATORIO I & II With Each Other And With INFERNO I & II

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Cato's Back--Clearly Mad But A Bit Baffling As Well: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 118 - 133

255

Refusing Love And Being Human: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 106 - 117

256

Casella, We Love You But Hardly Know You: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 88 - 105

257

Spooky Hugs: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 76 - 87

258

Of Pilgrims, Pilgrimages, And Wonder: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 52 - 75

259

Two Ways Of Being Dead: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 43 -51

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The First Angel Arrives In Purgatory With Lots Of Questions In Tow: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 25 - 42

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Being All Red Just When You're Supposed To Be All White: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 13 - 24

262

Sunrise With Nowhere To Go: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 1 - 12

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Part One Of "What Is Purgatory?"

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Lost And Found In Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 112 - 136

265

Just Tell Your Story And Stay Pliant: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 85 - 111

266

Cato, Marcia, And The Problems They Cause: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 49 - 84 (Part Two)

267

Virgil Out Of His Depths--Or Maybe Out Of Dante's: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 49 - 84 (Part One)

268

A Lone Old Man Who Disrupts COMEDY And Changes The Rules Of The Afterlife: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 28 - 48

269

Laughter And Loss, The Essence Of Being Human: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 13 - 27

270

Of A Poet, His Hubris, And His Doubts: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 1 - 12

271

The Shores Of Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Cantos 1 - 2

272

An Introduction To PURGATORIO

273

What We Missed And How You Can Further Your Own Slow-Walk Across INFERNO

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INFERNO: Final Thoughts Without Firm Conclusions

275

Reading INFERNO, Cantos 32 - 34

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Reading INFERNO, Cantos 29 - 31

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Reading INFERNO, Cantos 26 - 28

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Reading INFERNO, Cantos 24 - 25

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Reading INFERNO, Cantos 21 - 23

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Reading INFERNO, Cantos 18 - 20

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Reading INFERNO, Cantos 14 - 17

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Reading INFERNO, Cantos 11 - 13

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Reading INFERNO, Cantos 8 - 10

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Reading INFERNO, Cantos 4 - 7

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Reading INFERNO, Cantos 1 - 3

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Let's Walk Out To See The Stars: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 127 - 139

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Despite All The Ribbing And Drubbing, Virgil Remains Virgil To The End: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 94 - 126

288

More About Up, Down, And Spin: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 70 - 93

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The Way Down Is The Way Up: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 70 - 93

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Noshing On The Worst Sinners In Hell: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 46 - 69

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A Brief History Of Satan (Up Until Dante's Vision)

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The Three Faces Of Interpretation . . . Or Satan: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 28 - 45

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An Overview Of The Seven Direct Addresses To The Reader In INFERNO

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Behold Satan: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 1 - 27

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The Zombie Apocalypse: INFERNO, Canto XXXIII, Lines 118 - 157

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Virgil Returns For No Reason, Dante The Poet Slips, And More Fun On The Ice Sheet Of Cocytus: INFERNO, Canto XXXIII, Lines 91 - 117

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Of Narcissists, Purgatory, Rage, Ugolino, And Our Poet Dante: INFERNO, Canto XXXIII, Lines 1 - 90

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Count Ugolino As A Perversion And Affirmation Of The New Testament: INFERNO, Canto XXXIII, Lines 1 - 78

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Placing Count Ugolino Inside The Scope Of Dante's Hell: INFERNO, Canto XXXIII, Lines 1 - 78

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Introducing The Last Great Sinner Of Hell, Count Ugolino: INFERNO, Canto XXXIII, Lines 1 - 78

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Cannibalism And Polyphony: INFERNO, Canto XXXII, Lines 124 - 139

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Snitching To The Devil: INFERNO, Canto XXXII, Lines 103 - 123

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A Treacherous Poet On A Treacherous Ice Sheet: Inferno, Canto XXXII, Lines 70 - 102

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An Overview Of The Similes (So Far) In Dante's COMEDY

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They Make Me So Mad That I Could Just Kill My Family: Inferno, Canto XXXII, Lines 40 - 69

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Disembodied Voices In The Pastoral Landscape Of An Ice Sheet: Inferno, Canto XXXII, Lines 16 - 39

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When Hell Gets So Bad You Despair Of Your Own Craft: Inferno, Canto XXXII, Lines 1 - 15

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Welcome To The Foundations Of The Universe: Inferno, Canto XXXI, Lines 130 - 145

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Flattering Your Way To The Center Of The Earth: INFERNO, Canto XXXI, Lines 112 - 129

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Three Big Bad Giants With Not Much At Stake Except The Nature Of Comedy Itself: Inferno, Canto XXXI, Lines 82 - 111

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Nimrod, A Mighty Hunter, A Mighty Problem: INFERNO, Canto XXXI, Lines 46 - 81

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Towers? No, Giants! No, Towers! Inferno, Canto XXXI, Lines 28 - 45

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The Liminal Space Between The Eighth And Ninth Circles Of Hell: Inferno, Canto XXXI, Lines 7 - 27

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Our Farewell To Fraud With A Host Of (Maybe Unanswered) Questions: INFERNO, Cantos XVIII, Line 1, through XXXI, Line 6

315

An Overview Of Fraud, The Eighth Circle Of INFERNO

316

A Review And Overview Of Fraud's Tenth Evil Pouch: Inferno, Canto XXIX, Line 1, through Canto XXXI, Line 6

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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

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The Many Pleasures Of Insults: INFERNO, Canto XXX, Lines 104 - 129

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The Bottom Of Hell, The Beginnings Of Western Civilization: INFERNO, Canto XXX, Lines 91 - 103

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Behold The New Modern Man, Master Adam: INFERNO, Canto XXX, Lines 46 - 90

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Watch Out For Those Impersonators: INFERNO, Canto XXX, Lines 34 - 45

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Contagion, Fraud, And The Fall Of Civilizations: INFERNO, Canto XXX, Lines 1 - 33

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Gossip About The Fools Of This World Is About As Human As It Gets: INFERNO, Canto XXIX, Lines 124 - 139

324

Laughter Is The Best Medicine, Even In Hell: INFERNO, Canto XXIX, Lines 109 - 123

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How To Hold Onto Your Humanity, Even In Hell: INFERNO, Canto XXIX, Lines 73 - 108

326

A Medieval Hospital Of Horrors: INFERNO, Canto XXIX, Lines 37 - 72

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You Can Solve Your Family's Vendetta Even In Hell: INFERNO, Canto XXIX, Lines 1 - 36

328

Bertran de Born, The Rationale For Inferno, & The Dangers Of Poetry: INFERNO, Canto XXVIII, Lines 112 - 142

329

Of The Florentine Civil War, The Bloody Aftermath, And Its Child, Rage: INFERNO, Canto XXVIII, Lines 103 - 111

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Of The Roman Civil War, Idealism, And Its Child, Ambivalence: Inferno, Canto XXVIII, Lines 91 - 102

331

The Wonder Of Historical Obscurity: Inferno, Canto XXVIII, Lines 64 - 90

332

The Most Shocking Line In The Canticle Of Pain: Inferno, Canto XXVIII, Lines 46 - 63

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Dante, Muhammad, The Comedy, and Islam: Inferno, Canto XXVIII, Lines 22 - 45

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The Body In Pain Is The Wreckage Of Empire: INFERNO, Canto XXVIII, Lines 1 - 21

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A Comparision And Contrast Between Ulysses And Guido Da Montefeltro: Inferno, Cantos XXVI And XXVII

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The Demonic Struggle For Guido's Embittered Soul: Inferno, Canto XXVII, Lines 112 - 136

337

Guido da Montefeltro's Take On His Own Life ("I Didn't Do Anything Wrong"): Inferno, Canto XXVII, Lines 58 - 111

338

An Interview And Reading Of Inferno, Canto XXVIII, Lines 58 - 129 With J. Simon Harris And His New Translation Of Inferno

339

Tiptoeing Around The Tyrants Of Romagna: Inferno, Canto XXVII, Lines 31 - 57

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Beware Of Classical Figures, Modern Politicians, And Maybe Poets: Inferno, Canto XXVII, Lines 1 - 30

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The Case For Ulysses: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 85 - 142

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The Case Against Ulysses: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 85 - 142

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The Glorious Monologue Of The Damned Ulysses: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 85 - 142

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It's All Greek To Dante: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 64 - 84

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The Fifth Great Sinner Of Hell, Ulysses: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 49 - 63

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Fireflies, Elijah, And Messy Metaphors: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 25 - 48

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Poetic Theory In The Crack Between Two Evil Pouches: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 13 - 24

348

Take Heart, Fellow Walkers!

349

More Questions Than Answers: An Overview Of The Metamorphosizing Thieves And The Seventh Of Fraud's Malebolge

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The Shifty Thieves, The Certain Judgment, The Uncertain Poet: Inferno, Canto XXV, Line 142 - Canto XXVI, Line 12

351

Morphing Into Your Own Father: Inferno, Canto XXV, Lines 79 - 141 (Part Two)

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Identity Theft In The Middle Ages: Inferno, Canto XXV, Lines 79 - 141 (Part One)

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Turning The Beast With Two Backs Into Poetry: Inferno, Canto XXV, Lines 34 - 78 (Part Two)

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The Beast With Two Backs--Or, Two Things And Nothing: Inferno, Canto XXV, Lines 34 - 78 (Part One)

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Cacus, A Centaur Like None Other, Not Even In Classical Literature: Inferno, Canto XXV, Lines 17 -33

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Revenge Is Ever So Sweet: Inferno, Canto XXV, Lines 1 - 16

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The Bad Boys Get The Best Prophecies: Inferno, Canto XXIV, Lines 121 - 151

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Snakebit: Inferno, Canto XXIV, Lines 97 - 120

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A Swarm Of Snakes And Literary Texts: Inferno, Canto XXIV, Lines 79 - 96

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Get Me Closer To That Unintelligible Stuff: Inferno, Canto XXIV, Lines 61 - 78

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Virgil's Reprimand, The Pilgrim's Hypocrisy, The Poet's Games: Inferno, Canto XXIV, Lines 46 - 60

362

The Struggle Is Real: Inferno, Canto XXIV, Lines 22 - 45

363

The Stars, The Seasons, A Peasant, And Dante: Inferno, Canto XXIV, Lines 1 - 21

364

Reading The Comedy Without Believing The Comedy

365

Virgil Humiliated, Virgil Adored: Inferno, Canto XXIII, Lines 127 - 148

366

Virgil Gawks: Inferno, Canto XXIII, Lines 109 - 126

367

Welcome To The Synod Of The Hypocrites: Inferno, Canto XXIII, Lines 82 - 108

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The Lead Weight Of Hypocrisy: Inferno, Canto XXIII, Lines 58 - 81

369

A Review And Reading Of The Entire Fifth Evil Pouch Of Fraud: Inferno, Canto XXI, Line 1 - Canto XXIII, Line 57

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What You Read Determines What You See: Inferno, Canto XXIII, Lines 4 - 57

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Grifters 1, Demons 0: Inferno, Canto XXII, Line 118 - Canto XXIII, Line 3

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The Game Is On: Inferno, Canto XXII, Lines 94 - 117

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Naming Names Among The Grifters: Inferno, Canto XXII, Lines 76 - 93

374

The Demons Take Their Pound Of Flesh: Inferno, Canto XXII, Lines 40 - 75

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Strolling Down The Avenue With The Demons: Inferno, Canto XXII, Lines 13 - 39

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Mile-High Poetics In The Service Of Rank Vulgarity: Inferno, Canto XXI, Line 127 - Canto XXII, Line 12

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Bring On The Demons: Inferno, Canto XXI, Lines 103 - 126

378

All About Dante And Demons

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High Virgil, Low Demons, And The Poor Pilgrim Dante: Inferno, Canto XXI, Lines 64 - 102

380

Working Together To Make A Mess: Inferno, Canto XXI, Lines 46 - 63

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Virgil To The Rescue, A Demon On The Run: Inferno, Canto XXI, Lines 22 - 45

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Metaphors, Tautologies, And Pitch: Inferno, Canto XXI, Lines 1 - 21

383

Breaking Every Text, Even Your Own: Inferno, Canto XX, Lines 100 - 130

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Virgil And His Fraudulent Poem The Aeneid: Inferno, Canto XX, Lines 52 - 99

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For A Guy So Hard On Dante, Virgil Sure Doesn't Know His Classical Sources: Inferno, Canto XX, Lines 25 - 51

386

Poets, The Biggest Fraudsters Of All: Inferno, Canto XX, Lines 1 - 24

387

A Look Back At The Structure, Beauty, And Engineering Of Inferno, Canto XIX

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Out Of Rage And Into Virgil's Arms: Inferno, Canto XIX, Lines 118 - 133

389

The Rant To End All Rants (Also, The World): Inferno, Canto XIX, Lines 88 - 117

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Just When You Think You Have Comedy Figured Out, It Breaks You: Inferno, Canto XIX, Lines 64 - 87

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Popes In Hell: Inferno, Canto XIX, Lines 46 - 63

392

Let's Go Down Into The Third Evil Pouch: Inferno, Canto XIX, Lines 31 - 45

393

Everybody Gets A Chance To Break The Church: Inferno, Canto XIX, Lines 13 - 30

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Of Prophets, Poets, And Pilgims: Inferno, Canto XIX, Lines 1 - 12

395

Flattery And Feces, Together At Last: Inferno, Canto XVIII, Lines 115 - 134

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The Moldiest, Muckiest, And Grossest Bits Of Inferno (So Far): Inferno, Canto XVIII, Lines 100 - 114

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The Fine Art Of Seduction Can Land You In Hell: Inferno, Canto XVIII, Lines 67 - 99

398

Pimps, Fraud, And Metamorphosis: Inferno, Canto XVIII, Lines 40 - 66

399

Our First Glimpse Of Old-School Demons: Inferno, Canto XVIII, Lines 22 - 39

400

Welcome To The Eighth Circle Of Hell: Inferno, Canto XVIII, Lines 1 - 21

401

A Look Back Over The Seventh Circle Of Hell In Dante's COMEDY

402

Flying By The Seat Of Your Pants (Also, Geryon): Inferno, Canto XVII, Lines 100 - 134

403

Buck Up, It's Geryon (And Modern Narrative Techniques): Inferno, Canto XVII, Lines 79 - 99

404

The Poetics Of Color And Usury: Inferno, Canto XVII, Lines 46 - 78

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Poet And Pilgrim, Walking Alone Along The Cliff: Inferno, Canto XVII, Lines 28 - 45

406

Behold The Beast Of Fraud And Poetic Technique: Inferno, Canto XVII, Lines 1 - 27

407

Laying My Cards On The Table: How I Read Dante's Comedy

408

Swearing The Truth About The Beast Of Fraud: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 124 - 136

409

Cords, Leopards, Medieval Poets, And Medieval Pilgrims, All Straightened Out By Classical Poetry: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 106 - 123

410

Tumbling Over A Simile About A Waterfall: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 91 - 105

411

Civic Unity, Truth-Telling, And (Not) Making A Difference In Hell: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 79 - 90

412

Stopping The Mouth Of History With The Words Of A Prophet: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 64 - 78

413

The Answer To Dashed Hopes Is Far Harder Than Anger: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 46 - 63

414

When History Speaks, It Doesn't Always Tell The Truth: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 28 - 45

415

Brunetto Is Gone But Not Forgotten On The Burning Sands: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 1 - 27

416

An Interview with Kristen Hook, A Dantista Writing Her Dissertation On Inferno, Canto X

417

Are These Really The Homosexuals Punished In Inferno, Canto XV?

418

Gossip, Ambivalence, And The Strangeness of Virgil's Presence: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 100 - 124

419

A Pilgrim Walking Across Hell? Not Really. More Like A Writer: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 79 - 99

420

Unanswered Questions and Unasked-For Prophecies: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 46 - 78

421

The Fourth Great Sinner Of Hell, Brunetto Latini: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 25 - 45

422

The Long View Across The Burning Sands: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 1 - 24

423

An Interview with the poet and novelist J. Simon Harris, a translator of Dante's INFERNO

424

Exploring A Coda To A Canto And Cleaning Up The Canto As A Whole: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 121 - 142

425

The Old Man Of Crete PART TWO--Sewing The Canto Back Together: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 94 - 120

426

The Old Man Of Crete PART ONE--A Statue Rises From Four Other Texts: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 94 - 120

427

Dante Calmly Tells The Tale And Virgil Makes A Wild Claim: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 76 - 93

428

Blaspheming Against Jove Smack In The Middle Of A Christian Poem: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 43 - 78

429

It's Snowing Fire And You're Naked: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 19 - 42

430

Welcome To The Arid Plains Of The Blasphemers: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 1 - 18

431

Further Questions About Inferno, Canto XIII

432

One Last Suicide, One Last Irony, One Last Intertextuality: Inferno, Canto XIII, Lines 127 - 151

433

The Limits Of Credulity In A Poem About The Afterlife: Inferno, Canto XIII, Lines 109 - 126

434

Sorrows And Windows For Sorrow: Inferno, Canto XIII, Lines 79 - 108

435

The Third Great Sinner of Hell, Pier delle Vigne: Inferno, Canto XIII, Lines 46 - 78

436

Maybe You Can't Trust Those Old Roman Poets: Inferno, Canto XIII, Lines 1 - 45

437

Getting Ready For Canto XIII Of Dante's Inferno

438

At Long Last, The Violent Appear: Inferno, Canto XII, Lines 103 - 139

439

Astride a Centaur: Inferno, Canto XII, Lines 76 - 102

440

The Centaurs--A Rider Without A Horse Or A Horse Without A Rider: Inferno, Canto XII, Lines 49 - 75

441

More On Virgil's Life Outside Of Comedy: Inferno, Canto XII, Lines 31 - 48

442

This Way To The Violent, Down The Slope, Past The Minotaur: Inferno, Canto XII, Lines 1 - 30

443

Too Many Footnotes and Not Enough Time to Reflect

444

Usury + Violence = A Theory Of Art: INFERNO, Canto XI, Lines 91 - 114

445

Virgil, Your Map Of Hell Needs Work: INFERNO, Canto XI, Lines 67 - 90

446

The Greatest Sin Isn't Pride--It's Fraud: INFERNO, Canto XI, Lines 52 - 66

447

The Sins Of Violence Explained (Sort Of): INFERNO, Canto XI, Lines 28 - 51

448

Mapping the Uncharted at the Beginning of the Age of Discovery: INFERNO, Canto XI, Lines 16 - 27

449

The Dazzle of Beatrice, The Stench Of Hell: INFERNO, Canto X, Line 121b, through Canto XI, Lines 15

450

Where Is My Son? A Thematic And Structural Overview Of INFERNO, Canto X

451

Repenting To A Heretic: INFERNO, Canto X, Lines 94 - 121a

452

How To Be Human And How To Quit Being Human: INFERNO, Canto X, Lines 73 - 93

453

Poetic Rivalry And Poetic Guilt: INFERNO, Canto X, Lines 52 - 72

454

The Second Great Sinner Of Hell, Farinata degli Uberti: INFERNO, Canto X, Lines 22 - 51

455

Cosmic Battles And Interpersonal Squabbles: INFERNO, Canto X, Lines 1 - 21

456

Straight On, Then Right For The Burning Tombs Of The Heretics: INFERNO, Canto IX, Lines 107 - 133

457

Saved At Last . . . By Mercury, Jesus, The Archangel Michael, Someone: INFERNO, Canto IX, Lines 64 - 106

458

How Much Classical Imagery Can One Poem Take? INFERNO, Canto IX, Lines 34 - 63

459

An Interpolated Episode: Did Dante Intend All These Interpretive Games In COMEDY?

460

The Witch Erichtho And The Complications In Virgil's Backstory: INFERNO, Canto IX, Lines 1 - 33

461

Being Human, Even In Hell: INFERNO, Canto VIII, Lines 97 - 130

462

The Walls Of Dis, Virgil's Limits, and Our Poet's Folly: INFERNO, Canto VIII, Lines 64 - 96

463

An Angry Pilgrim Among The Angry Sinners: INFERNO, Canto VIII, Lines 31 - 63

464

Consider The Plot: An Overview Of INFERNO's Fifth Circle Of Wrath

465

Dante, The Poet Between The Classical And Modern Worlds: INFERNO, Canto VIII, Lines 7 - 30

466

An Interpolated Episode: Nothing In Dante's Hand, Or A Brief History Of COMEDY's Manuscripts

467

Hell's Biggest Crack Is In The Poetry, Not The Landscape: INFERNO, Canto VIII, Lines 1 - 6

468

On To The Wrathful, Sort Of: INFERNO, Canto VII, Lines 97 - 130

469

O, Fortuna: INFERNO, Canto VII, Lines 67 - 96

470

Fate And The Cracks In Dante's Poetry: INFERNO, Canto VII, Lines 36 - 66

471

Jousting With Greedy Plutus: INFERNO, Canto VII, Lines 1 - 35

472

Virgil Gets The Apocalypse Wrong: INFERNO, Canto VI, Lines 94 - 115

473

The Bloodbath That Was, Is, And Will Be Florence: INFERNO, Canto VI, Lines 58 - 93

474

The Curious Case Of Ciacco: INFERNO, Canto VI, Lines 34 - 57

475

Wide Awake With Cereberus: INFERNO, Canto VI, Lines 1 - 33

476

The Case For Francesca: INFERNO, Canto V, Lines 88 - 142

477

The Case Against Francesca: INFERNO, Canto V, Lines 88 - 142

478

Damning Lust, Then Confusing It With Love: INFERNO, Canto V, Lines 52 - 87

479

The Lush Poetry Of The Lustful: INFERNO, Canto V, Lines 25 - 51

480

An Interpolated Episode: An Introduction to the Seven Deadly Sins

481

Minos, The Connoisseur Of Sin: INFERNO, Canto V, Lines 1 - 24

482

An Interpolated Episode: A Look Back At The First Four Cantos of INFERNO

483

Cataloguing The Greats You Know And The Ones You Wish You Knew: INFERNO, Canto IV, Lines 115 - 151

484

The Great Poets Of Limbo: INFERNO Canto IV, Lines 85 - 114

485

Virgil's (Mis)Understanding Of The Harrowing Of Hell: INFERNO, Canto IV, Lines 46 - 84

486

An Interpolated Episode: Limbo Unraveled

487

Welcome To Virgil's Home Turf: INFERNO, Canto IV, Lines 1 - 45

488

When Crossing Acheronte Into The First Ring Of Hell, Don't Faint: INFERNO, Canto III, Lines 109 - 136

489

Charon, The Pagan Ferryman Of The Christian Damned: INFERNO, Canto III, Lines 70 - 108

490

Sometimes, You Get The Hell You Want: INFERNO, Canto III, Lines 22 - 69

491

Abandon Hope For It's The Gate Of Hell: INFERNO, Canto III, Lines 1 - 21

492

Bested By Beatrice, Bested By Virgil: INFERNO, Canto II, Lines 115 - 141

493

To Be Saved, Tell A Story: INFERNO, Canto II, Lines 76 - 114

494

Jousting To Tell The Tale: INFERNO, Canto II, Lines 43 - 75

495

False Modesty (Or Maybe Not): INFERNO, Canto II, Lines 1 - 42

496

An Interpolated Episode: A Look Back At INFERNO, Canto I, And Look Around The Entire Poem

497

Virgil The Poet Becomes Virgil The Prophet: INFERNO, Canto I, Lines 97 - 136

498

Virgil To The Rescue: INFERNO, Canto I, Lines 67 - 96

499

Wild Beasts On The Slope And The Slide Into Despair: INFERNO, Canto I, Lines 28 - 66

500

Climbing Away From The Turbulence In The Lake Of The Heart: INFERNO, Canto I, Lines 10 - 27

501

An Interpolated Episode: Who was Dante?

502

Finding Ourselves Lost In A Dark Wood: INFERNO, Canto I, Lines 1 - 9

503

An Introduction To The Podcast WALKING WITH DANTE