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An Interview with the poet and novelist J. Simon Harris, a translator of Dante's INFERNO

An Interview with the poet and novelist J. Simon Harris, a translator of Dante's INFERNO

FromWalking With Dante


An Interview with the poet and novelist J. Simon Harris, a translator of Dante's INFERNO

FromWalking With Dante

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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Jul 4, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this interpolated episode of the podcast WALKING WITH DANTE, I interview the poet and translator J. Simon Harris about his work on INFERNO, his thinking about Dante, and his passion for this medieval poet.
Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we explore the passion of someone who has made Dante's poetry his life's work.
Released:
Jul 4, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Ever wanted to read Dante's Divine Comedy? Come along with us! We're not lost in the scholarly weeds. (Mostly.) We're strolling through the greatest work (to date) of Western literature. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as I take on this masterpiece passage by passage. I'll give you my rough English translation, show you some of the interpretive knots in the lines, let you in on the 700 years of commentary, and connect Dante's work to our modern world. The pilgrim comes awake in a dark wood, then walks across the known universe. New episodes every Sunday and Wednesday.