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Episode 1

A Quick Introduction To WALKING WITH DANTE

Published on: 26th September, 2020

An introductory episode for the podcast WALKING WITH DANTE.

I'm former academic and current author Mark Scarbrough. This podcast is my passion project: to take on Dante's COMEDY passage by passage. I've taught it many times. But I've always felt rushed. I wanted to take this masterpiece at my speed. So here I go. No, here WE go.

I'll use my own rough English translation of the medieval Florentine. You can find these translations at markscarbrough.com or walkingwithdante.com. There's a header there labeled "Walking With Dante." Click on that header for each episode.

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About the Podcast

Walking With Dante
A passage-by-passage stroll through Dante’s DIVINE COMEDY with Mark Scarbrough
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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Mark Scarbrough

Former lit professor, current cookbook writer, creator of two podcasts, writer of thirty-five (and counting) cookbooks, author of one memoir (coming soon!), married to a chef (my cookbook co-writer, Bruce Weinstein), and with him, the owner of two collies, all in a very rural spot in New England. My life's full and I'm up for more challenges!