Poets, The Biggest Fraudsters Of All: Inferno, Canto XX, Lines 1 - 24

Walking With Dante · Dec 12, 2021 · 26m

Canto XX of INFERNO is one that many skip. it's just too hard or too discursive or too long-winded. But others spend careers on. After Canto I, Canto XX stirs some of the most in-depth commentary of any in INFERNO.What gives? We should probably take our cue from our poet: we're about to enter the meta space of a canto about poetry, all among the fraudsters, with Dante and even Virgil out in front, leading the way.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we begin our exploration of Inferno's Canto XX, this deep pit of metapoetics and savage irony.Here are the segments of this episode of the podcast…