Listen "Westworld and The Divine Comedy with Alexander Schmid"
Episode Synopsis
Just published in the journal Humanities, Contrapasso, Violence, and Madness in Dante’s The Divine Comedy and Westworld, by Alexander E Schmid, is freely available to read:
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/13/5/109
We discuss reveries and memory, freedom and madness, truth and representation, and how they connect these medieval and contemporary works of art. For a related project touching on FF6 and Dante, see Gamelogica's video series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TdWFirsgHc
Thanks for listening!
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/13/5/109
We discuss reveries and memory, freedom and madness, truth and representation, and how they connect these medieval and contemporary works of art. For a related project touching on FF6 and Dante, see Gamelogica's video series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TdWFirsgHc
Thanks for listening!
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