Two More Voices On The Winds Of Envy: PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 127 - 141
With Guido del Duca enmeshed in his tears, Dante the pilgrim and Virgil begin to talk on along the terrace of envy, searching for a way up to the third terrace of Purgatory.Lo and behold, they're stru...
30 Juni 202427min
Oh, For The Glory Days (That Maybe Never Were): PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 97 - 126
Guido del Duca reaches the climax of his diatribe: a nostalgic retrospective of the courts and families of Romagna. Where have the good guys gone?Is this Dante the poet's lament? Or Guido del Duca's? ...
26 Juni 202428min
Now You Know Who We Are: PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 73 - 96
At long last, the speaker in PURGATORIO Canto XIV comes clean and reveals who he is . . . and who his compatriot is. They're Guido del Duca and Rinier (or Rinieri) da Calboli. Now that we now who they...
23 Juni 202430min
The Descent Of The Arno Into Metaphoric Space: PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 43 - 72
Dante has been cagey about where he's from, using periphrastic phrasing to describe the Arno valley without naming it.It was apparently the wrong thing to do . . . because one of the envious penitents...
19 Juni 202433min
The Many Textures Of Envy: PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 22 - 42
Dante has started a conversation with two envious penitents . . . a conversation he might not be ready for. They prove more than his rhetorical match. They also muddy the theology of Purgatory itself....
16 Juni 202431min
Be Careful Of The Company You Keep: PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 1 - 21
Sapía has finished her amazingly complex speech with the pilgrim Dante . . . or has she? At the opening of Canto XIV, we're not sure who is speaking? Still Sapía? No, two envious souls, leaning agains...
12 Juni 202431min
Sapía, Part Four--The Coda: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 85 - 104
We've spent three episodes with this penitent envious soul, Sapía. Now let's look at the entire interchange between her and our pilgrim, Dante . . . as well as the ways PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, reflect...
9 Juni 202420min
Sapía, Part Three—Rhetorical Games Reveal Both The Penitent And The Pilgrim: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 133 - 154
In the concluding moments of Sapía's speech, we find her in dialogue with Dante the pilgrim . . . who is both forthcoming in his confessional stance and also cagey with his hiding his guide, Virgil.Sh...
5 Juni 202427min
