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Let's Walk Out To See The Stars: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 127 - 139

Let's Walk Out To See The Stars: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 127 - 139

FromWalking With Dante


Let's Walk Out To See The Stars: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 127 - 139

FromWalking With Dante

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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
Dec 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Can you believe we got here? The final lines of the first canticle of Dante's masterwork, COMEDY.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we climb out of hell to see the most gorgeous things we know: the stars in the heavens above.Here are the segments of this episode of WALKING WITH DANTE:[00:58] My English translation of the passage: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, lines 127 - 139. If you'd like to read long, drop a comment, or print it off, go to my website: markscarbrough.com.[02:35] Dante the poet enters Virgil's space: explanatory material.[05:06] Why does Dante the poet so understate the climb out?[06:21] Virgil's explanation of this cavern and the mountain above us stated as supposition because Virgil has no experiential knowledge of this geography.[07:31] INFERNO may end on a point of uncertainty: What is this little stream they follow?[10:12] INFERNO ends with the stars.[11:48] More importantly, INFERNO ends with Virgil's exit from hell.
Released:
Dec 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Ever wanted to read Dante's Divine Comedy? Come along with us! We're not lost in the scholarly weeds. (Mostly.) We're strolling through the greatest work (to date) of Western literature. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as I take on this masterpiece passage by passage. I'll give you my rough English translation, show you some of the interpretive knots in the lines, let you in on the 700 years of commentary, and connect Dante's work to our modern world. The pilgrim comes awake in a dark wood, then walks across the known universe. New episodes every Sunday and Wednesday.