Are These Really The Homosexuals Punished In Inferno, Canto XV?
From the get-go of Canto XV, I've told you my assumption: These are the homosexuals punished in Inferno.But am I right? I'm certainly standing with the bulk of the commentary tradition, reaching back ...
25 Aug 202115min
Gossip, Ambivalence, And The Strangeness of Virgil's Presence: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 100 - 124
We come to the end of Inferno, Canto XV. We go out in the strangest ways. First, the pilgrim, Dante, wants a little bedroom gossip. Who are the other homosexuals down here with you, Brunetto?Brunetto ...
22 Aug 202123min
A Pilgrim Walking Across Hell? Not Really. More Like A Writer: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 79 - 99
Brunetto Latini has offered a history lesson on Florence and a prophecy for the pilgrim Dante's future. It's Dante's turn to respond in their back-and-forth conversation.But the pilgrim doesn't just r...
18 Aug 202127min
Unanswered Questions and Unasked-For Prophecies: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 46 - 78
Brunetto Latini's got questions. Too bad the pilgrim, Dante, doesn't seem to want to answer them.Or better, Dante only seems to want to confess to this teacher. (Anybody who has ever been a teacher kn...
15 Aug 202130min
The Fourth Great Sinner Of Hell, Brunetto Latini: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 25 - 45
Walking down the levy along the stream with his guide, Dante the pilgrim faces his former teacher, scorched on the burning sands. Or the guy the poet wants us to think was his teacher: Brunetto Latini...
11 Aug 202124min
The Long View Across The Burning Sands: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 1 - 24
We're walking with our pilgrim, Dante, along the embankment to a stream, heading down into the depths of the seventh circle of hell where the sins of violence are punished. This levy is the feature Vi...
8 Aug 202129min
An Interview with the poet and novelist J. Simon Harris, a translator of Dante's INFERNO
In this interpolated episode of the podcast WALKING WITH DANTE, I interview the poet and translator J. Simon Harris about his work on INFERNO, his thinking about Dante, and his passion for this mediev...
4 Juli 202122min
Exploring A Coda To A Canto And Cleaning Up The Canto As A Whole: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 121 - 142
We've come to the end of this strange and wonderful canto. We've passed Capaneus. We've heard about the Old Man of Crete. We've seen the weird snowfall of fire. We've even begun to explore the natural...
30 Juni 202128min
