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.
Poet And Pilgrim, Walking Alone Along The Cliff: Inferno, Canto XVII, Lines 28 - 45
17 mins; October 06, 2021
Behold The Beast Of Fraud And Poetic Technique: Inferno, Canto XVII, Lines 1 - 27
29 mins; October 03, 2021
Laying My Cards On The Table: How I Read Dante's Comedy
17 mins; September 29, 2021
Swearing The Truth About The Beast Of Fraud: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 124 - 136
30 mins; September 26, 2021
Cords, Leopards, Medieval Poets, And Medieval Pilgrims, All Straightened Out By Classical Poetry: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 106 - 123
18 mins; September 22, 2021
Tumbling Over A Simile About A Waterfall: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 91 - 105
22 mins; September 19, 2021
Civic Unity, Truth-Telling, And (Not) Making A Difference In Hell: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 79 - 90
14 mins; September 15, 2021
Stopping The Mouth Of History With The Words Of A Prophet: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 64 - 78
21 mins; September 12, 2021
The Answer To Dashed Hopes Is Far Harder Than Anger: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 46 - 63
23 mins; September 08, 2021
When History Speaks, It Doesn't Always Tell The Truth: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 28 - 45
26 mins; September 05, 2021
Brunetto Is Gone But Not Forgotten On The Burning Sands: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 1 - 27
25 mins; September 01, 2021
An Interview with Kristen Hook, A Dantista Writing Her Dissertation On Inferno, Canto X
28 mins; August 29, 2021
Are These Really The Homosexuals Punished In Inferno, Canto XV?
15 mins; August 25, 2021
Gossip, Ambivalence, And The Strangeness of Virgil's Presence: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 100 - 124
23 mins; August 22, 2021
A Pilgrim Walking Across Hell? Not Really. More Like A Writer: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 79 - 99