Buck Up, It's Geryon (And Modern Narrative Techniques): Inferno, Canto XVII, Lines 79 - 99
Our pilgrim walks back from the usurers, sitting out on the edge of the seventh circle of INFERNO, and finds that he must climb aboard the awful beast of fraud. Drama!But there's so much more. This passage reveals our poet as a creator of modern narrative. And it shows us that he's taking full control of his poem. Virgil, be gone! Brunetto, too! This is Dante's work.Here are the segments of this episode:[01:12] My English translation of INFERNO, Canto XVII, Lines 79 - 99. You can read along with this translation on my website, markscarbrough.com.[03:06] More about "back ends." And a forecast…
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