Here are the episodes for the opening cantos of PARADISO. The podcast is currently into Canto III. Because of the way my website is coded, the episodes appear in reverse order. Sorry about that. Scroll through the list to find earlier (or the earliest) episode.

Posts tagged Constance

The Expanding Community of Women in the Moon: PARADISO, Canto III, Lines 109 - 130

Piccarda Donati turns from the cryptic ending of her personal story to introduce a second woman in the lunar landscape: Constance I of Sicily, mother of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and grandmother of Manfred (PURGATORIO, Canto III). The canto then ends with as many questions as it answers.

Paradiso Cantos I - VIIMark ScarbroughSeptember 23, 2026Piccarda Donati, Constance, Frederick II, Manfred, The moon, moon spotsComment