We've seen the two crowds of the lustful on the seventh terrace of Mount Purgatory and we clearly identified them in the last passage (and on the last episode of this podcast).

But Dante the pilgrim didn't know who they were. He's stuck, confused. He then seeks to break out his manuscript and rule his paper to find his way into the shocking revelation that love in the body can exist in more than one form.

Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we look at this small passage on the seventh terrace, sandwiched between the two big revelations and before the last major discussion of poetry on Mount Purgatory.

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Here are the segments for this episode of WALKING WITH DANTE:

[01:51] My English translation of PURGATORIO, Canto XXVI, lines 49 - 66. If you'd like to read along or continue the conversation with me by dropping a comment on this episode, please find its entry on my website, markscarbrough.com.

[04:34] Reading and interpreting through the passage for its metaphoric, rhetorical, and thematic knots.

[14:58] One question from the passage: Why is the body so crucial to this discussion?

[17:03] A second question: What about this passage brings up the mechanics of writing?

[19:29] Rereading the passage: PURGATORIO, Canto XXVI, lines 49 - 66.