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More About Up, Down, And Spin: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 70 - 93

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There's much more to be said about this problem of up, down, and spin after Dante the pilgim and Virgil pass the center of the earth.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as I explore this problem: the world upside-down and the enforced rereading of INFERNO to turn it into COMEDY, the dominant form of Western civilization.Here are the segments of this episode of WALKING WITH DANTE:[01:28] Once more, a reading of my English translation of INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, lines 70 - 93. If you'd like to print it off, read along, or drop a comment, you can find this text on my website: markscarbrough.com.[03:25] Dantista John Freccero's notion of the universe's spin via Aristotle.[04:36] Dante's notion of global geography: Jerusalem and Mount Purgatory at opposite sides of the globe from each other.[08:36] Dante flips the globe itself on his journey.[09:49] Where is the dark wood in INFERNO, Canto I?[11:32] All the left turns are really right turns and the two right turns are "really" left turns--which is how INFERNO becomes COMEDY.

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