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False Modesty (Or Maybe Not): INFERNO, Canto II, Lines 1 - 42
Season 1 Episode 9
We thought we were underway, but important things must happen first.
Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we start the Canto II of INFERNO to discover that t…
5 years, 9 months ago
An Interpolated Episode: A Look Back At INFERNO, Canto I, And Look Around The Entire Poem
Season 1 Episode 8
Let's pause to look back over INFERNO, Canto I. I'll read it through for its scope and arc. Then we'll set about exploring this piece of architecture…
5 years, 9 months ago
Virgil The Poet Becomes Virgil The Prophet: INFERNO, Canto I, Lines 97 - 136
Season 1 Episode 7
In a previous episode, I talked about how Dante defines Virgil as a poet, not a philosopher, and why that was important in Dante's medieval context.
B…
5 years, 9 months ago
Virgil To The Rescue: INFERNO, Canto I, Lines 67 - 96
Season 1 Episode 6
We meet the pilgrim Dante's first and great guide, the Roman poet Virgil. He is the pilgrim's master, his "author." Except he's also Virgil, a guy wh…
5 years, 9 months ago
Wild Beasts On The Slope And The Slide Into Despair: INFERNO, Canto I, Lines 28 - 66
Season 1 Episode 5
Dante begins his journey across the known universe--except not. The journey stops almost the moment it begins in COMEDY.
What happens when you set off…
5 years, 9 months ago
Climbing Away From The Turbulence In The Lake Of The Heart: INFERNO, Canto I, Lines 10 - 27
Season 1 Episode 4
Our pilgrim, Dante, comes awake in a dark wood. Now what? He has to walk out. But to where? And how?
This fourth episode of WALKING WITH DANTE is actu…
5 years, 9 months ago
An Interpolated Episode: Who was Dante?
Season 1 Episode 3
Who was Dante? Actually, that's two questions in one. First, how did this hard-working if not formerly brilliant poet and would-be politician from a …
5 years, 9 months ago
Finding Ourselves Lost In A Dark Wood: INFERNO, Canto I, Lines 1 - 9
Season 1 Episode 2
We take the first steps with our pilgrim, Dante, as he finds himself in a dark wood and starts his walk . . . through hell? No, across the known univ…
5 years, 9 months ago
An Introduction To The Podcast WALKING WITH DANTE
Season 1 Episode 1
An introduction to the podcast WALKING WITH DANTE.
I'm Mark Scarbrough, a former academic and working author.
This podcast is my passion project: to ta…
5 years, 9 months ago