by Beth Butler | Jan 24, 2022
Phil Donnelly is an Associate Professor of Literature in the Great Texts Department at Baylor University. He is an expert in Renaissance literature and the reception of Classical educational traditions, and he is the author of Milton’s Scriptural Reasoning:...
by Beth Butler | Jan 21, 2022
Agnes Howard is an Assistant Professor in Humanities at Valparaiso University. She studies U.S. history, American puritans, and female monasticism. Questions for Reflection 59 canti into the Commedia, Dante finally addresses the problem of the body of the shades in...
by Beth Butler | Jan 19, 2022
Jason Houston is the director of the Gonzaga in Florence Program for Gonzaga University. Questions for Reflection This is another canto filled with poets talking about poetry. Who are Dante’s main conversation partners? How do we get a replay here of the garden of...
by Beth Butler | Jan 17, 2022
Paul Contino is a Professor of Great Books at Pepperdine University. He teaches courses on Dante, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, and C.S. Lewis. Questions for Reflection How do the penitents heal the vice of gluttony? What virtue is being cultivated through this horrific...
by Hilary Sherratt | Jan 14, 2022
Julia Hejduk is an Associate Professor of Classics at Baylor University. Her research explores Latin poetry, Roman religion in Literature, and women in antiquity, and she is the author of several works on Ovid and Virgil. Questions for Reflection As Statius narrates...
