Saved At Last . . . By Mercury, Jesus, The Archangel Michael, Someone: INFERNO, Canto IX, Lines 64 - 106
How long have we been standing with the pilgrim and his guide in front of the walls of Dis? For ten episodes of this podcast!Now comes salvation . . . in the form of a messenger . . . from heaven? And...
7 Mar 202127min
How Much Classical Imagery Can One Poem Take? INFERNO, Canto IX, Lines 34 - 63
This passage is surely the densest thicket of classical allegory we've yet encountered in INFERNO. The references are so heavy and quickly applied that the poet even steps out from behind the curtain ...
3 Mar 202135min
An Interpolated Episode: Did Dante Intend All These Interpretive Games In COMEDY?
We danced around with the witch Erichtho quite a bit in the last episode with seven interpretive stances toward and over her. (That is, seven possible ways she functions in the text, or seven ways to ...
28 Feb 202125min
The Witch Erichtho And The Complications In Virgil's Backstory: INFERNO, Canto IX, Lines 1 - 33
At the end of INFERNO, Canto VIII, we left our pilgrim and his guide standing outside the walls of Dis, the city of hell. Virgil appeared to be a bit afraid but putting a good face on it for Dante-the...
24 Feb 202135min
Being Human, Even In Hell: INFERNO, Canto VIII, Lines 97 - 130
Virgil goes off to confer with the demons who slam shut the gates of Dis, shutting our pilgrim out in the fifth circle of INFERNO with no way forward.But perhaps more importantly, our pilgrim, Dante, ...
21 Feb 202132min
The Walls Of Dis, Virgil's Limits, and Our Poet's Folly: INFERNO, Canto VIII, Lines 64 - 96
Our pilgrim, Dante and his guide, Virgil, have made it across Styx, leaving behind Filippo Argenti and the wrathful/sullen. Our main characters have now come to the iron walls of Dis, the city of hell...
17 Feb 202124min
An Angry Pilgrim Among The Angry Sinners: INFERNO, Canto VIII, Lines 31 - 63
We've been through some dramatic passages: dark woods, wild beasts, Francesca, and Cerberus. But nothing rivals the crossing of (river? swamp?) Styx in the fifth circle of INFERNO.Join me, Mark Scarbr...
14 Feb 202134min
Consider The Plot: An Overview Of INFERNO's Fifth Circle Of Wrath
In almost every episode of WALKING WITH DANTE, we take a passage from (so far) INFERNO and analyze it, talk through it, and look at some of the interpretive knots. But in this episode, I'd like for yo...
10 Feb 202120min
