Walking With Dante
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.

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Bring On The Demons: Inferno, Canto XXI, Lines 103 - 126

Bring On The Demons: Inferno, Canto XXI, Lines 103 - 126

Dante, our pilgrim, and his guide, Virgil, have been stopped in their tracks by a pack of demons above the fifth evil pouch in the eighth circle of hell. We're in the rings of fraud, the largest lands...

26 Tammi 202234min

All About Dante And Demons

All About Dante And Demons

Hi there. I'm Mark Scarbrough and this episode is one of the interpolated ones for the podcast WALKING WITH DANTE. I'd like to pause in Inferno, Canto XXI, before we move on to its end and into Canto ...

23 Tammi 202218min

High Virgil, Low Demons, And The Poor Pilgrim Dante: Inferno, Canto XXI, Lines 64 - 102

High Virgil, Low Demons, And The Poor Pilgrim Dante: Inferno, Canto XXI, Lines 64 - 102

We've seen seen one demon running along the bank. Now here comes a pack of them! They boil out at Virgil who is ready for them with lofty rhetoric and misplaced trust. And even a little contempt for t...

19 Tammi 202225min

Working Together To Make A Mess: Inferno, Canto XXI, Lines 46 - 63

Working Together To Make A Mess: Inferno, Canto XXI, Lines 46 - 63

The demon has thrown this sinner into the pitch, headed off to collect more in Lucca, and caused the whole horde of demons under the bridge to start their low-comedy, high-violence act.Join me, Mark S...

16 Tammi 202226min

Virgil To The Rescue, A Demon On The Run: Inferno, Canto XXI, Lines 22 - 45

Virgil To The Rescue, A Demon On The Run: Inferno, Canto XXI, Lines 22 - 45

Dante the poet has gotten caught up in his own simile, which is long, complicated, and unwieldy, enough so that it brings the plot to a standstill.But Virgil to the rescue! The classical poet gets us ...

12 Tammi 202222min

Metaphors, Tautologies, And Pitch: Inferno, Canto XXI, Lines 1 - 21

Metaphors, Tautologies, And Pitch: Inferno, Canto XXI, Lines 1 - 21

WALKING WITH DANTE has been on a holiday hiatus. Now we're back at it, descending to Canto XXI of INFERNO, to the next malebolge, the fifth evil pouch among the sins of fraud.The opening of Canto XXI ...

9 Tammi 202228min

Breaking Every Text, Even Your Own: Inferno, Canto XX, Lines 100 - 130

Breaking Every Text, Even Your Own: Inferno, Canto XX, Lines 100 - 130

We come to the end of the fourth evil pouch, the fourth of the malebolge, in the eighth circle of Inferno, the circle of fraud. And we go out with a bang!Dante disses Virgil (who has already dissed Da...

22 Joulu 202122min

Virgil And His Fraudulent Poem The Aeneid: Inferno, Canto XX, Lines 52 - 99

Virgil And His Fraudulent Poem The Aeneid: Inferno, Canto XX, Lines 52 - 99

Virgil--and/or Dante, our poet--has already rewritten Ovid, Statius, and Lucan's poems. Now in a bit of insane daring, Virgil takes on this own poem, THE AENEID. He retells the story of the founding o...

19 Joulu 202129min