The Dazzle of Beatrice, The Stench Of Hell: INFERNO, Canto X, Line 121b, through Canto XI, Lines 15
Our pilgrim leaves Farinata's and Cavalcante's tomb hesitantly. Something about his encounter with the heretics is so profound, it stops the forward momentum of COMEDY for a time.What's ahead is the t...
4 Apr 202128min
Where Is My Son? A Thematic And Structural Overview Of INFERNO, Canto X
Why is Farinata in the sixth circle of the heretics in hell? And why is he damned in the first place?The answers may lie in the structure of Canto X of INFERNO. It may also lie in the nature of the se...
31 Mar 202132min
Repenting To A Heretic: INFERNO, Canto X, Lines 94 - 121a
We finish our time with Farinata with a discussion that gets stranger by the minute. There's definitely a camaraderie between our pilgrim and this Ghibelline warlord.The grander question? Is there a c...
28 Mar 202134min
How To Be Human And How To Quit Being Human: INFERNO, Canto X, Lines 73 - 93
After out time with Cavalcante, that passage about human loss and suffering, we now return to Farinata, our Greco-Roman statue--who becomes less so over the course of the strange, twisty passage.Join ...
24 Mar 202131min
Poetic Rivalry And Poetic Guilt: INFERNO, Canto X, Lines 52 - 72
In this passage from INFERNO, our poet (and our pilgrim) comes face to face with the suffering he caused. It takes a brave writer to face his fears head on.A shade rises up next to Farinata. This one'...
21 Mar 202137min
The Second Great Sinner Of Hell, Farinata degli Uberti: INFERNO, Canto X, Lines 22 - 51
Rising out of the burning sarcophagus and pulling himself upright, Farinata confronts our pilgrim by interrupting Virgil.This is no ordinary encounter with the damned. This is an encounter with histor...
17 Mar 202133min
Cosmic Battles And Interpersonal Squabbles: INFERNO, Canto X, Lines 1 - 21
Well within the sixth circle of hell, we haven't yet seen any of the damned. Instead, Dante, our pilgrim, and Virgil, his guide, are picking their way along a secret path between the burning sarcophag...
14 Mar 202122min
Straight On, Then Right For The Burning Tombs Of The Heretics: INFERNO, Canto IX, Lines 107 - 133
Finally, we're done with the fifth circle of hell, with the wrathful (and the sullen) and all that happens before the gates of Dis.Curiously, we're also done with the seven deadly sins as a structurin...
10 Mar 202126min
