The Poet Dante Finally Loses Control: PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 106 - 126
Rage knows no bounds--even in a poem as controlled as Dante's COMEDY. The poet has been offering up an invective about Italian strife and the war-torn landscape that has ruined his home. But in the middle passage of his invective, he may have finally lost all control and committed outright blasphemy.Or maybe really complex irony. It's hard to tell.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we explore the middle of the invective in PURGATORIO, Canto VI. Here are the segments for this episode of the podcast WALKING WITH DANTE:[01:21] My English translation of the medieval Florentine for PURGATORIO, Canto VI…
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