Fireflies, Elijah, And Messy Metaphors: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 25 - 48
Our first glimpse into the eighth of the evil pouches (the malebolge) that make up the giant circle of fraud in Dante's INFERNO.Except nothing's as clear as it should be. Two complex metaphors, a bumbling pilgrim, and a useless Virgil: it all adds up to the sort of interpretive fun we expect from Dante.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we slow-walk with Dante across hell and beyond. We're gearing up for one of the best sinners of hell. And it's proving challenging from the start.Here are the segments for this episode of WALKING WITH DANTE:[01:13] My English translation of the passage: Inferno…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.