Sordello, Dante's Second Guide Across The Known Universe: PURGATORIO, Canto VI, Lines 49 - 75

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Virgil has come in for a bit of a whipping. But no worries! All is forgiven. Dante still sees Virgil as his liege in a feudal context, his ultimate guide.

And together, they find a solitary soul on the slopes of Mount Purgatory: Sordello, a troubadour poet and Dante's second guide across the known universe.

Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we explore this intriguing figure who sits by himself, isolated and uncategorized in COMEDY's schematics.

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

[01:52] My English translation of the passage: PURGATORIO, Canto VI, lines 49 - 75. If you'd like to read along, print it off, or drop a comment to continue the conversation, please go to my website, markscarbrough.com.

[04:27] How does Virgil know what he knows?

[09:47] The poet Dante strangely interrupts the narrative sequence in this passage.

[12:38] A busking break!

[13:36] The soul ahead is not only solitary physically, but also emotionally.

[16:50] Who is Sordello? Dante's second guide across the known universe, a figure deeply connected to others across COMEDY, and a distinguished, late troubadour poet from Italy.

[25:07] A read-through of the narrative section of PURGATORIO, Canto VI: lines 1 - 75.