Ep. 10: Dante's Divine Comedy Part 1: Inferno
07/07/22 • 46 min
Abandon all hope, you who enter here, into this gruesome telling of Dante's Inferno! This discussion aims to breakdown the first canticle of The Divine Comedy into one digestible episode, through all nine circles of Hell. Get insight into Dante's poetic meter and style on the work as a whole, all while listening to excerpts from the work to outline how Dante punishes his sinners, deeper and deeper into the icy cold heart of Hell.
This information is must-know for anyone interested in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, or world literature as a whole.
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Abandon all hope, you who enter here, into this gruesome telling of Dante's Inferno! This discussion aims to breakdown the first canticle of The Divine Comedy into one digestible episode, through all nine circles of Hell. Get insight into Dante's poetic meter and style on the work as a whole, all while listening to excerpts from the work to outline how Dante punishes his sinners, deeper and deeper into the icy cold heart of Hell.
This information is must-know for anyone interested in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, or world literature as a whole.
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Ep. 9: Dante Alighieri
Covering key elements of his life and essential works, this episode tracks the life of The Great Poet Dante Alighieri, author of The Divine Comedy. Using key literary movements, we discuss the greater influences on Dante's poetry, the dolce stil novo, and how it fits into the greater context of Mediterranean literature.
Additionally, the podcast covers in part his Vita nova, demonstrating the role of Beatrice in his life and works. All of this helps frame the political catastrophe that exiled Dante from his beloved Florence.
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Ep. 11: Dante's Divine Comedy Part 2: Purgatory and Paradise
In our final discussion of Dante's masterwork, The Divine Comedy, this analysis seeks not only to outline these last two books, but to show them as precursors to Renaissance thought, grounding Dante as both a writer of the Middle Ages and an object of proto-humanism.
What must Dante do to ascend Mount Purgatory and reach the heavenly realm, and how does his poetics amplify this? How does his strong reliance on classical reference clash with his contemporary Christianity?
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