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Walking With Dante
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Poet And Pilgrim, Walking Alone Along The Cliff: Inferno, Canto XVII, Lines 28 - 45
17 mins; October 06, 2021
Behold The Beast Of Fraud And Poetic Technique: Inferno, Canto XVII, Lines 1 - 27
29 mins; October 03, 2021
Laying My Cards On The Table: How I Read Dante's Comedy
17 mins; September 29, 2021
Swearing The Truth About The Beast Of Fraud: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 124 - 136
30 mins; September 26, 2021
Cords, Leopards, Medieval Poets, And Medieval Pilgrims, All Straightened Out By Classical Poetry: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 106 - 123
18 mins; September 22, 2021
Tumbling Over A Simile About A Waterfall: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 91 - 105
22 mins; September 19, 2021
Civic Unity, Truth-Telling, And (Not) Making A Difference In Hell: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 79 - 90
14 mins; September 15, 2021
Stopping The Mouth Of History With The Words Of A Prophet: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 64 - 78
21 mins; September 12, 2021
The Answer To Dashed Hopes Is Far Harder Than Anger: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 46 - 63
23 mins; September 08, 2021
When History Speaks, It Doesn't Always Tell The Truth: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 28 - 45
26 mins; September 05, 2021
Brunetto Is Gone But Not Forgotten On The Burning Sands: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 1 - 27
25 mins; September 01, 2021
An Interview with Kristen Hook, A Dantista Writing Her Dissertation On Inferno, Canto X
28 mins; August 29, 2021
Are These Really The Homosexuals Punished In Inferno, Canto XV?
15 mins; August 25, 2021
Gossip, Ambivalence, And The Strangeness of Virgil's Presence: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 100 - 124
23 mins; August 22, 2021
A Pilgrim Walking Across Hell? Not Really. More Like A Writer: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 79 - 99
27 mins; August 18, 2021
Unanswered Questions and Unasked-For Prophecies: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 46 - 78
30 mins; August 15, 2021
The Fourth Great Sinner Of Hell, Brunetto Latini: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 25 - 45
24 mins; August 11, 2021
The Long View Across The Burning Sands: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 1 - 24
29 mins; August 08, 2021
Dante Is On Hold. Or Perhaps I'm On Hold. Here's Why.
2 mins; July 11, 2021
An Interview with the poet and novelist J. Simon Harris, a translator of Dante's INFERNO
22 mins; July 04, 2021
Exploring A Coda To A Canto And Cleaning Up The Canto As A Whole: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 121 - 142
28 mins; June 30, 2021
The Old Man Of Crete PART TWO--Sewing The Canto Back Together: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 94 - 120
18 mins; June 27, 2021
The Old Man Of Crete PART ONE--A Statue Rises From Four Other Texts: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 94 - 120
27 mins; June 23, 2021
Dante Calmly Tells The Tale And Virgil Makes A Wild Claim: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 76 - 93
16 mins; June 20, 2021
Blaspheming Against Jove Smack In The Middle Of A Christian Poem: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 43 - 78
30 mins; June 16, 2021
It's Snowing Fire And You're Naked: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 19 - 42
23 mins; June 13, 2021
Welcome To The Arid Plains Of The Blasphemers: Inferno, Canto XIV, Lines 1 - 18
23 mins; June 09, 2021
Further Questions About Inferno, Canto XIII
28 mins; June 06, 2021
One Last Suicide, One Last Irony, One Last Intertextuality: Inferno, Canto XIII, Lines 127 - 151
28 mins; June 02, 2021
The Limits Of Credulity In A Poem About The Afterlife: Inferno, Canto XIII, Lines 109 - 126
22 mins; May 30, 2021
Sorrows And Windows For Sorrow: Inferno, Canto XIII, Lines 79 - 108
32 mins; May 26, 2021
The Third Great Sinner of Hell, Pier delle Vigne: Inferno, Canto XIII, Lines 46 - 78
32 mins; May 23, 2021
Maybe You Can't Trust Those Old Roman Poets: Inferno, Canto XIII, Lines 1 - 45
28 mins; May 19, 2021
Getting Ready For Canto XIII Of Dante's Inferno
22 mins; May 16, 2021
At Long Last, The Violent Appear: Inferno, Canto XII, Lines 103 - 139
32 mins; May 12, 2021
Astride a Centaur: Inferno, Canto XII, Lines 76 - 102
33 mins; May 09, 2021
The Centaurs--A Rider Without A Horse Or A Horse Without A Rider: Inferno, Canto XII, Lines 49 - 75
29 mins; May 05, 2021
More On Virgil's Life Outside Of Comedy: Inferno, Canto XII, Lines 31 - 48
26 mins; May 02, 2021
This Way To The Violent, Down The Slope, Past The Minotaur: Inferno, Canto XII, Lines 1 - 30
27 mins; April 28, 2021
Too Many Footnotes And Not Enough Time To Reflect
11 mins; April 25, 2021
Usury + Violence = A Theory Of Art: Inferno, Canto XI, Lines 91 - 114
23 mins; April 21, 2021
Virgil, Your Map Of Hell Needs A Little Work: Inferno, Canto XI, Lines 67 - 90
29 mins; April 18, 2021
The Greatest Sin Isn't Pride--It's Fraud: Inferno, Canto XI, Lines 52 - 66
28 mins; April 14, 2021
The Sins Of Violence Explained (Sort Of): Inferno, Canto XI, Lines 28 - 51
31 mins; April 11, 2021
Mapping The Uncharted At The Beginning Of The Age Of Discovery: Inferno, Canto XI, Lines 16 - 27
23 mins; April 07, 2021
The Dazzle of Beatrice, The Stench Of Hell: Inferno, Canto X, Line 121b, through Canto XI, Lines 15
28 mins; April 04, 2021
Where Is My Son? A Thematic And Structural Overview Of INFERNO, Canto X
32 mins; March 31, 2021
Repenting To A Heretic: Inferno, Canto X, Lines 94 - 121a
34 mins; March 28, 2021
How To Be Human And How To Quit Being Human: Inferno, Canto X, Lines 73 - 93
30 mins; March 24, 2021
Poetic Rivalry And Poetic Guilt: Inferno, Canto X, Lines 52 - 72
37 mins; March 21, 2021
The Second Great Sinner Of Hell, Farinata degli Uberti: Inferno, Canto X, Lines 22 - 51
33 mins; March 17, 2021
Cosmic Battles And Interpersonal Squabbles: Inferno, Canto X, Lines 1 - 21
21 mins; March 14, 2021
Straight On, Then Right For The Burning Tombs Of The Heretics: INFERNO, Canto IX, Lines 107 - 133
26 mins; March 10, 2021
Saved At Last . . . By Mercury, Jesus, The Archangel Michael, Someone: INFERNO, Canto IX, Lines 64 - 106
27 mins; March 07, 2021
How Much Classical Imagery Can One Poem Take? INFERNO, Canto IX, Lines 34 - 63
35 mins; March 03, 2021
An Interpolated Episode: Did Dante Intend All These Interpretive Games In COMEDY?
25 mins; February 28, 2021
The Witch Erichtho And The Complications In Virgil's Backstory: INFERNO, Canto IX, Lines 1 - 33
35 mins; February 24, 2021
Being Human, Even In Hell: INFERNO, Canto VIII, Lines 97 - 130
32 mins; February 21, 2021
The Walls Of Dis, Virgil's Limits, and The Pilgrim's Folly: INFERNO, Canto VIII, Lines 64 - 96
24 mins; February 17, 2021
An Angry Pilgrim Among The Angry Sinners: INFERNO, Canto VIII, Lines 31 - 63
34 mins; February 14, 2021
Consider The Plot: An Overview Of INFERNO's Fifth Circle Of Wrath
20 mins; February 10, 2021
Dante, The Poet Between The Classical And Modern Worlds: INFERNO, Canto VIII, Lines 7 - 30
26 mins; February 07, 2021
An Interpolated Episode: Nothing In Dante's Hand, Or A Brief History Of COMEDY's Manuscripts
21 mins; February 03, 2021
Hell's Biggest Crack Is In The Poetry, Not The Landscape: INFERNO, Canto VIII, Lines 1 - 6
22 mins; January 31, 2021
On To The Wrathful, Sort Of: INFERNO, Canto VII, Lines 97 - 130
26 mins; January 27, 2021
O, Fortuna: INFERNO, Canto VII, Lines 67 - 96
34 mins; January 24, 2021
Fate And The Cracks In Dante's Poetry: INFERNO, Canto VII, Lines 36 - 66
32 mins; January 20, 2021
Jousting With Greedy Plutus: INFERNO, Canto VII, Lines 1 - 35
31 mins; January 17, 2021
Virgil Gets The Apocalypse Wrong: INFERNO, Canto VI, Lines 94 - 115
23 mins; January 13, 2021
The Bloodbath That Was, Is, And Will Be Florence: INFERNO, Canto VI, Lines 58 - 93
38 mins; January 10, 2021
The Curious Case Of Ciacco: INFERNO, Canto VI, Lines 34 - 57
31 mins; January 06, 2021
Wide Awake With Cereberus: INFERNO, Canto VI, Lines 1 - 33
31 mins; January 03, 2021
A Very Short Hiatus
4 mins; December 23, 2020
The Case For Francesca: INFERNO, Canto V, Lines 88 - 142
34 mins; December 20, 2020
The Case Against Francesca: INFERNO, Canto V, Lines 88 - 142
34 mins; December 16, 2020
Damning Lust, Then Confusing It With Love: INFERNO, Canto V, Lines 52 - 87
39 mins; December 13, 2020
The Lush Poetry Of The Lustful: INFERNO, Canto V, Lines 25 - 51
32 mins; December 09, 2020
An Interpolated Episode: An Introduction to the Seven Deadly Sins
19 mins; December 06, 2020
Minos, The Connoisseur Of Sin: INFERNO, Canto V, Lines 1 - 24
29 mins; December 02, 2020
An Interpolated Episode: A Look Back At The First Four Cantos of INFERNO
31 mins; November 29, 2020
Cataloguing The Greats You Know And The Ones You Wish You Knew: INFERNO, Canto IV, Lines 115 - 151
31 mins; November 25, 2020
The Great Poets Of Limbo: INFERNO Canto IV, Lines 85 - 114
30 mins; November 22, 2020
Virgil's (Mis)Understanding Of The Harrowing Of Hell: INFERNO, Canto IV, Lines 46 - 84
26 mins; November 18, 2020
An Interpolated Episode: Limbo Unraveled
21 mins; November 15, 2020
Welcome To Virgil's Home Turf: INFERNO, Canto IV, Lines 1 - 45
34 mins; November 14, 2020
Inferno, Canto IV, Lines 1 - 45
34 mins; November 11, 2020
When Crossing Acheronte Into The First Ring Of Hell, Don't Faint: INFERNO, Canto III, Lines 109 - 136
40 mins; November 08, 2020
Charon, The Pagan Ferryman Of The Christian Damned: INFERNO, Canto III, Lines 70 - 108
27 mins; November 04, 2020
Sometimes, You Get The Hell You Want: INFERNO, Canto III, Lines 22 - 69
34 mins; November 01, 2020
Abandon Hope For It's The Gate Of Hell: INFERNO, Canto III, Lines 1 - 21
21 mins; October 28, 2020
Bested By Beatrice, Bested By Virgil: INFERNO, Canto II, Lines 115 - 141
24 mins; October 25, 2020
To Be Saved, Tell A Story: INFERNO, Canto II, Lines 76 - 114
30 mins; October 21, 2020
Jousting To Tell The Tale: INFERNO, Canto II, Lines 43 - 75
30 mins; October 18, 2020
False Modesty (Or Maybe Not): INFERNO, Canto II, Lines 1 - 42
28 mins; October 14, 2020
An Interpolated Episode: A Look Back At INFERNO, Canto I, And Look Around The Entire Poem
32 mins; October 11, 2020
Virgil The Poet Becomes Virgil The Prophet: INFERNO, Canto I, Lines 97 - 136
26 mins; October 07, 2020
Virgil To The Rescue: INFERNO, Canto I, Lines 67 - 96
25 mins; October 04, 2020
Wild Beasts On The Slope And The Slide Into Despair: INFERNO, Canto I, Lines 28 - 66
30 mins; September 30, 2020
Climbing Away From The Turbulence In The Lake Of The Heart: INFERNO, Canto I, Lines 10 - 27
22 mins; September 26, 2020
An Interpolated Episode: Who was Dante?
33 mins; September 26, 2020
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