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Reading INFERNO, Cantos 24 - 25

Reading INFERNO, Cantos 24 - 25

FromWalking With Dante


Reading INFERNO, Cantos 24 - 25

FromWalking With Dante

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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Jan 15, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We're continuing on our journey, which has become a read-through of INFERNO. Having walked the first third (or so) of Dante's COMEDY passage by passage, even line by line, we're now experiencing this masterwork for what it truly is: a story.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as I read through my English translation of INFERNO. You can find these passages on my website: markscarbrough.com. But I wish you wouldn't. I wish you'd just sit back and revel in the plot.Which in this case is the evil pouch of the thieves, the seventh sub-circle of the giant landscape of fraud. Ovid and Lucan don't stand a chance against our poet![01:58] Reading INFERNO, Cantos 24 - 25.
Released:
Jan 15, 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.