What’s the significance of the griffin and the chariot in ‘Purgatorio’?
Brent is joined by Jennifer Holberg to continue talking about Dante’s ‘The Divine Comedy’. This time they focus on ‘Purgatorio’.
Jennifer is professor and chair of the English Department at Calvin University in the States and co-director of the Calvin Center for Faith and Writing. She’s also the author of the book ‘Nourishing Narratives’.
(1:00) Spiritual pilgrimage in ‘Purgatorio’;(1:45) The structure of Purgatory;(6:30) What happens?(7:40) Purgatory’s rules;(12:40) Sanctification;(15:45) The idea of Purgatory;(16:45) The people Dante meets;(19:00) Dante’s sin;(23:30) Virgil and Beatrice;(26:00) The last canto.Links mentioned in this episode:
https://www.worldofdante.org/index.html)
https://digitaldante.columbia.edu/dante/divine-comedy
https://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/
https://100daysofdante.com
Mark Musa, ‘The Portable Dante’ (Penguin)
Robert and Jean Hollander (Vintage/Anchor)
New poetic translation that retains the terza rima:
Michael Palma (Liveright)
Charles S. Singleton (Princeton University Press)
Other notable translators:
Older translations by Dorothy L. Sayers
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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