Chilly Dreams Before The Fifth Terrace Of Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 1- 15

Our pilgrim has fallen asleep on the edge of the fourth terrace of Mount Purgatory. He's seen the racing slothful but night has gotten the better of him . . . so he begins to dream.

That dream is all about desire and the male gaze. It's also about poetic space and dream space . . . and the porous nature between the two.

Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we start the first of two episodes on the second dream of PURGATORIO.

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

[01:54] My English translation of the passage: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 1 - 15. If you'd like to read along or continue the conversation, please find this episode on my website, markscarbrough.com.

[04:21] Cooling planets, fortune tellers, and the liminal space before dawn.

[06:51] References to INFERNO XX and VII in this passage.

[10:20] Canto XIX and the psalms of ascent.

[12:46] Delaying tactics at the opening of Canto XIX.

[15:07] Disgust and the "redemption" of gaze.

[18:29] Disturbing gender politics.

[19:50] Who gets to observe vs. who (or what) is observed.

[21:59] The poetic space vs. the dream space (which are not really separate)

[25:17] Rereading the passage: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, lines 1 - 15.