Hi, I'm Mark Scarbrough and we've been walking with Dante for a long time. We're doing it slowly, a passage at a time, and we've come through some of the roughest bits of INFERNO, passages that require a great deal of classical learning and poetic know-how.

This episode is my attempt to step back and get our bearings again. Why are we taking this walk? Why should we wrestle with Dante's masterwork, COMEDY? And how does Dante make sure his work remains readable?

Here are the segments of this episode of the podcast WALKING WITH DANTE:

[00:53] I've upgraded my website to offer you the ability to write comments on these episodes! We can start conversations among others listening!

[01:54] Dante always moves the fence--and he's doing it with this "sin" of fraud.

[08:31] Dante returns to the story of the walk again and again.

[10:49] Dante is struggling to figure out how the past fits with the present--as are we!

[16:44] Dante is always gaming the poem.

[18:38] Here's a review of the plot of COMEDY so far.