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The Moral Crux Of Justice And Compassion In The Last Intaglio: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 70 - 93
Realism And Its Discontents: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 46 - 69
Art, Creativity, And The False Promise Of The New: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 28 - 45
The Post-Gate Letdown: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 1 - 27
The First Terrace Of Purgatory Proper: A Read-Through of PURGATORIO, Cantos X - XII
Screeching And Singing Into Purgatory Proper: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 130 - 145
Of Keys, Gates, And Letters On The Forehead: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 106 - 129
Three Steps Up To The Gate And Into An Interpretive Quagmire: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 94 - 105
The Forbidding Angel At The Gate: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 79 - 93
Brace Yourself For The Gate Of Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 64 - 78
Lucy, Virgil, The Christian Reality, The Classical Texture: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 43 - 63
A Dream Of Classical Sex And Sorrows: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 13 - 42
Asleep In A Messy Bed Of Classical Imagery: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 1 - 12
The Gate Of Purgatory: A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Canto IX
The Generosity That Ends The Cantos Of Ante-Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto VIII, Lines 109 - 139
The Sun Sets On The Classical Landscape: PURGATORIO, Canto VIII, Lines 85 - 108
Misogyny Rears Its Head: PURGATORIO, Canto VIII, Lines 64 - 84
I Saw Them, They Saw Me, So The Journey Is Real: PURGATORIO, Canto VIII, Lines 46 - 63
The First Angels Descend From Heaven: PURGATORIO, Canto VIII, Lines 19 - 45
Ecstatic While Longing For Home: PURGATORIO, Canto VIII, Lines 1 - 18
The Kings Who Dodged What They Should Have Done, Part Two: PURGATORIO, Canto VII, Lines 82 - 136
The Kings Who Dodged What They Should Have Done, Part One: PURGATORIO, Canto VII, Lines 82 - 136
Problems In The Poetry Of The Elysian Fields: PURGATORIO, Canto VII, Lines 64 - 81
Virgil, Sordello, And The Limits Of The Will: PURGATORIO, Canto VII, Lines 37 - 63
Virgil Redefines Limbo And The Journey Across The Known Universe: PURGATORIO, Canto VII, Lines 16 - 36
Virgil Returns To Center Stage: PURGATORIO, Canto VII, Lines 1 - 15
The Rage Comes To Rest (Sort Of): PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 127 - 151
The Poet Dante Finally Loses Control: PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 106 - 126
Dante The Pilgrim Versus Dante The Poet
You Don't Always Get The Poem You Want: PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 76 - 105
Sordello, Dante's Second Guide Across The Known Universe: PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 49 - 75
The Garbled Logic Of A Classical Poet In A Christian Poem: PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 25 - 48
Winners, Losers, And Beggars: PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 1 - 24
The Strange Brew Of Love And Disgust: PURGATORIO, Cantos VI - VIII
"Che Son La Pia": PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 130 - 136
The Struggle For A Son's Soul: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 85 - 129
The Strangely Beautiful And Poetic Death Of Jacopo Del Cassero: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 64 - 84
In A Rush For Peace: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 37 - 63
The Prisoners Of Hope: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 22 - 36
Distractions And The Demands Of Writing About Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 1 - 21
Mobs On The Mountain: A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Canto V
Belacqua Redux: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 97 - 139
Belacqua, The King Of Misdirection Through Centuries Of Reading Dante's COMEDY: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 115 - 139
When The Going Gets Tough, Some People Just Sit Down: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 97 -114
Astronomy = Geography = Morality: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 76 - 96
A Geocentric Rest Stop: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 52 - 75
The Way Up Is Always Hard: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 19 - 51
The First "Scientific" Disquisition Is A Grand Misdirection: PURGATORIO, Canto IV, Lines 1 - 18
The Sad (And Fictional) Story Of Manfred's Corpse: PURGATORIO, Canto III, Lines 121 - 145
The First Great Penitent Of Purgatory, Manfred: PURGATORIO, Canto III, Lines 103 - 120
Of Flocks, Pilgrims, And Living In The “What Is": PURGATORIO, Canto III, Lines 79 - 102
Virgil, The Flattering, Witty Sage: PURGATORIO, Canto III, Lines 67 - 78
The Chaos Of Virgil, The Pilgrim Dante, Reason, And Revelation: PURGATORIO, Canto III, Lines 46 - 66
Virgil's Bitter Distress: Purgatorio, Canto III, Lines 22 - 45
Your Body, Your Alienation: Purgatorio, Canto III, Lines 10 - 21
Virgil, The Failure . . . Maybe: PURGATORIO, Canto III, Lines 1 - 9
The Initial Climb: PURGATORIO, Cantos 3 - 4
Part Two Of "What Is Purgatory?"
Comparing PURGATORIO I & II With Each Other And With INFERNO I & II
Cato's Back--Clearly Mad But A Bit Baffling As Well: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 118 - 133
Refusing Love And Being Human: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 106 - 117
Casella, We Love You But Hardly Know You: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 88 - 105
Spooky Hugs: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 76 - 87
Of Pilgrims, Pilgrimages, And Wonder: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 52 - 75
Two Ways Of Being Dead: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 43 -51
The First Angel Arrives In Purgatory With Lots Of Questions In Tow: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 25 - 42
Being All Red Just When You're Supposed To Be All White: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 13 - 24
Sunrise With Nowhere To Go: PURGATORIO, Canto II, Lines 1 - 12
Part One Of "What Is Purgatory?"
Lost And Found In Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 112 - 136
Just Tell Your Story And Stay Pliant: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 85 - 111
Cato, Marcia, And The Problems They Cause: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 49 - 84 (Part Two)
Virgil Out Of His Depths--Or Maybe Out Of Dante's: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 49 - 84 (Part One)
A Lone Old Man Who Disrupts COMEDY And Changes The Rules Of The Afterlife: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 28 - 48
Laughter And Loss, The Essence Of Being Human: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 13 - 27
Of A Poet, His Hubris, And His Doubts: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 1 - 12
The Shores Of Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Cantos 1 - 2
An Introduction To PURGATORIO
What We Missed And How You Can Further Your Own Slow-Walk Across INFERNO
INFERNO: Final Thoughts Without Firm Conclusions
Reading INFERNO, Cantos 32 - 34
Reading INFERNO, Cantos 29 - 31
Reading INFERNO, Cantos 26 - 28
Reading INFERNO, Cantos 24 - 25
Reading INFERNO, Cantos 21 - 23
Reading INFERNO, Cantos 18 - 20
Reading INFERNO, Cantos 14 - 17
Reading INFERNO, Cantos 11 - 13
Reading INFERNO, Cantos 8 - 10
Reading INFERNO, Cantos 4 - 7
Reading INFERNO, Cantos 1 - 3
Let's Walk Out To See The Stars: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 127 - 139
Despite All The Ribbing And Drubbing, Virgil Remains Virgil To The End: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 94 - 126
More About Up, Down, And Spin: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 70 - 93
The Way Down Is The Way Up: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 70 - 93
Noshing On The Worst Sinners In Hell: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 46 - 69
A Brief History Of Satan (Up Until Dante's Vision)
The Three Faces Of Interpretation . . . Or Satan: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 28 - 45
An Overview Of The Seven Direct Addresses To The Reader In INFERNO
Behold Satan: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 1 - 27