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Reading INFERNO, Cantos 18 - 20

Reading INFERNO, Cantos 18 - 20

FromWalking With Dante


Reading INFERNO, Cantos 18 - 20

FromWalking With Dante

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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Jan 8, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We're continuing to read INFERNO for what it truly is: a glorious plot, the story of a guy who wakes up lost and walks across the known universe.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we walk with him through the first of the evil pouches of fraud: the panderers/seducers, the flatterers, the simoniacs, and the diviners. This translation is my own. You can find it on my website: markscarbrough.com. But I wish you wouldn't. I wish you'd just sit back and revel in the plot. It's a marvel of the imagination.[02:33] Reading INFERNO, Cantos 18 - 20
Released:
Jan 8, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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.