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You Are What You Eat . . . And Read: PURGATORIO, Canto XXII, Lines 130 - 145
Going In Circles To Go Forward: PURGATORIO, Canto XXII, Lines 115 - 129
Placing And Misplacing Your Classical Ancestors: PURGATORIO, Canto XXII, Lines 94 - 114
Statius, The Closeted Christian: PURGATORIO, Canto XXII, Lines 76 - 93
Virgil, The Damned Christian Missionary: PURGATORIO, Canto XXII, Lines 55 - 74
An Interpolated Episode: Dante and Irony
The Path To God Is Lined With Misquoted, Misinterpreted Texts: PURGATORIO, Canto XXII, Lines 25 - 54
Virgil Offers Up The First Of Many Misread Texts: PURGATORIO, Canto XXII, Lines 1 - 24
A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Cantos XXII - XXIV
Caught Between Two Poets: PURGATORIO, Canto XXI, Lines 103 - 136
The Audacity Of Statius: PURGATORIO, Canto XXI, Lines 76 - 102
The (Maybe?) Supremacy Of The Will: PURGATORIO, Canto XXI, Lines 58 - 75
The Place Beyond Accidental Change: PURGATORIO, Canto XXI, Lines 40 - 57
Virgil's Classical Schooling And (Irreverent?) Insistence: PURGATORIO, Canto XXI, Lines 22 - 39
A Shade Appears: PURGATORIO, Canto XXI, Lines 1 - 21
Fear And Trembling On The Mountain: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 124 - 151
Hugh Capet's Antiphon: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 97 - 123
When The French Monarchy Makes Even The Papacy Look Good: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 82 - 96
The Madness Of Hugh Capet's Descendants: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 61 - 81
Hugh Capet In Purgatory . . . Or Maybe Not: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 40 - 60
Poverty As Reward And Compensation: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 16 - 39
What The Pilgrim Can Do And What A Redeemer Must Do: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 1 - 15
The Loneliness Of Pope Adrian V: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 127 - 145
The Most Bitter Pain Of Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 115 - 124
A Pope In Purgatory For (Surprise!) Avarice: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 91 - 114
Stuck To The Ground (Sometimes): PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 70 - 90
Look To The Heavens: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 52 - 69
Expecting Those Ladies Of Consolation: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 34 - 51
Let's Compare The First Two Dreams In PURGATORIO
The Siren, The Lady, And Virgil: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 16 - 33
Chilly Dreams Before The Fifth Terrace Of Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 1- 15
Greedy Beasts That Refuse The Lure: A Read-Through Of The Fifth Terrace Of PURGATORIO, Cantos XIX - XXI
Fear, New Thoughts, And Dreams: PURGATORIO, Canto XVIII, Lines 130 - 145
Speaking Truth To Power: PURGATORIO, Canto XVIII, Lines 97 - 129
The Sleepy Can Get Run Over: PURGATORIO, Canto XVIII, Lines 76 - 96
Virgil, Reason, Love, And The Roots Of Modern Ethics: PURGATORIO, Canto XVIII, Lines 49 - 75
Questions Of Pregnancy And Blame: PURGATORIO, Canto XVIII, Lines 40 - 48
The Cognitive, Rational Basis Of Love: PURGATORIO, Canto XVIII, Lines 19 - 39
Excuse Me, Virgil, I Didn't Quite Get That: PURGATORIO, Canto XVIII, Lines 1 - 18
A (Sort Of) Short Summary Of PURGATORIO, Cantos I - XVII
Love Escapes Virgil: PURGATORIO, Canto XVII, Lines 127 - 139
Love Maps Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto XVII, Lines 106 - 126
Love Is The Seed: PURGATORIO, Canto XVII, Lines 91 - 105
Drowsy Yet Vigilant, Slothful Yet Expectant: PURGATORIO, Canto XVII, Lines 73 - 90
The Fourth Terrace Of Purgatory Proper: A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Canto XVII, Line 73, to Canto XVIII, Line 145
All The Light Ends With The Stars: PURGATORIO, Canto XVII, Lines 40 - 72
Three Ecstatic Visions And Dante's Warning (To Himself?) About Anger: PURGATORIO, Canto XVII, Lines 19 - 39
The Light Of The Imagination: PURGATORIO, Canto XVII, Lines 1 - 18
Marco Of Lombardy Redux: Questions From PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 46 - 145
The Chatty Conclusion Of The Angry Marco's Discourse: PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 130 - 145
The Best World Is A World With Two Suns: PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 97 - 129
The Shocking News That The Soul Is A Little Girl: PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 85 - 96
The Cause Is In You: PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 64 - 84
How Can You Justify The Ways Of God (Or At Least, The Stars): PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 52 - 63
Greeting The Wrathful And Slowly Changing COMEDY Itself: PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 25 - 51
Solving The Knot Of Wrath: PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 1 - 24
Anger In PURGATORIO and INFERNO
The Third Terrace Of Purgatory Proper: A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Canto XV, Line 85, Through Canto XVII, Line 72
Lighten Up Before The Dark Smoke Of Anger: PURGATORIO, Canto XV, Lines 115 - 145
The Answer To Wrath Is Written On Your Face: PURGATORIO, Canto XV, Lines 94 - 114
The First Ecstatic Vision . . . Of COMEDY: PURGATORIO, Canto XV, Lines 85 - 93
Hunger, Light, Love, And The Theology Of Abundance: PURGATORIO, Canto XV, Lines 58 - 84
Scarcity, Abundance, And The Poetics Between The Terraces: PURGATORIO, Canto XV, Lines 34 - 57
Redefining The Terms Of What Seems To Be: PURGATORIO, Canto XV, Lines 25 - 33
Playing Around With The Sun: PURGATORIO, Canto XV, Lines 1 - 24
Virgil Inscribes Circularity Into Linearity: PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 142 - 151
Two More Voices On The Winds Of Envy: PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 127 - 141
Oh, For The Glory Days (That Maybe Never Were): PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 97 - 126
Now You Know Who We Are: PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 73 - 96
The Descent Of The Arno Into Metaphoric Space: PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 43 - 72
The Many Textures Of Envy: PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 22 - 42
Be Careful Of The Company You Keep: PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 1 - 21
Sapía, Part Four--The Coda: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 85 - 104
Sapía, Part Three—Rhetorical Games Reveal Both The Penitent And The Pilgrim: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 133 - 154
Sapía, Part Two—Blasphemy Among The Penitents Of Envy: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 112 - 132
Sapía, Part One—The Pilgrim Gets More (And Less!) Than He Bargained For: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 94 - 111
Flattery Will Get You Irony: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 73 - 93
Eyes Stitched Shut: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 46 - 72
The Voices Of Love And Alienation: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 22 - 45
The Easy Climb Into Complex Meaning: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 1 - 21
Dante, Aquinas, Aristotle, And The Fences Of Truth
The Second Terrace Of Purgatory: A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Line 1, though Canto XV, Line 84
Erasing God's Writing Even If Virgil Smiles: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 118 - 139
Narrow Stairs, Contorted Similes, And The On-Going Poetry Of Hell: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 100 - 117
The Climb Out Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 73 - 99
Storytelling, Moral Allegory, And The Human Paradox: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 64 - 72
More Questions Than Answers About The Reliefs In The Road Bed Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 22 - 63
Walking On Pride, Part Three: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 49 - 60
Walking On Pride, Part Two: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 37 - 48
Walking On Pride, Part One: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 25 - 36
Art, Realism, And Dante's Sheer Audacity: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, lines 13 - 24
Dante's Pride Both Lanced And Swelling: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 1 - 12
A Bad Boy Makes Good On The Terrace Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 109 - 139
Oderisi Redux: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 73 - 108
Proud Oderisi Confronts The Vagaries Of Artistic Fame: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 73 - 108
Proud Omberto, Humbled . . . Or Humbled Omberto, Still Proud: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 46 - 72
Disorienting The Reader On The Terrace Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 25 - 45
Dante Rewrites The Foundational Prayer Of Christianity: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 1 - 24
When Art Envisions What Is: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 112 - 139
A Seam In The Narrative Sewn With Virgil's Murmurs: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 94 -111