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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…
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Walking With Dante
Über diesen Podcast
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…
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- The Souls of the Universe: PARADISO, Canto II, Lines 127 - 1486. Sept. · 27 Min.
- The Diversity of Being in a Universe of Light: PARADISO, Canto II, Lines 106 - 1262. Sept. · 29 Min.
- Testing Theology With Optics: PARADISO, Canto II, Lines 85 - 10530. Aug. · 26 Min.
- Mixed Metaphors and the Limits of Human Senses: PARADISO, Canto II, Lines 64 - 8426. Aug. · 21 Min.
- Of Moon Spots and Virgil: PARADISO, Canto II, Lines 46 - 6323. Aug. · 21 Min.
- Incarnated in the Moon: PARADISO, Canto II, Lines 19 - 4519. Aug. · 29 Min.
- Go Home: PARADISO, Canto II, Lines 1 - 1816. Aug. · 25 Min.
- Of Natural Instincts and Their Natural Ends: PARADISO, Canto I, Lines 115 - 14212. Aug. · 24 Min.
- Sailing Across the Great Sea of "To Be": PARADISO, Canto I, Lines 94 - 1149. Aug. · 26 Min.
- Returning Home Through the Music of the Spheres: PARADISO, Canto I, Lines 61 - 935. Aug. · 37 Min.