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.