Dante's The Divine Comedy 2019: Lecture 21: Cantos 10-14 (1st Cornice of Pride, and 2nd Cornice of Envy (Purgatory Lecture 4))

Alexander Schmid Podcast

English - October 31, 2019 17:54 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MB - ★★★★ - 7 ratings
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In this lecture, we discuss (a) the difference between vices and sins, (b) the structure of the terraces of Purgatory proper: (1) exemplary virtue in art, (2) sinner in process of expiation, (3) exemplary vice in art; and (c) we observed the art and sinners themselves in the Terrace of the Proud and a representative sinner of the Terrace of Envy.

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Books Referenced

The Divine Comedy