Dante's Divine Comedy (Great Courses, #287)
Two gifted teachers share the fruit of two lifetimes' worth of historical and literary expertise in this introduction to one of the greatest works ever written. One of the most profound and satisfying of all poems, the Divine Comedy (or Commedia) of Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) is a book for...
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Two gifted teachers share the fruit of two lifetimes' worth of historical and literary expertise in this introduction to one of the greatest works ever written. One of the most profound and satisfying of all poems, the Divine Comedy (or Commedia) of Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) is a book for life.Set at Eastertide in the year 1300, the poem begins with Dante, in the middle
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Format: Audio CD
Publisher: The Teaching Company
Edition language: English
The lecturers do a marvelous two person presentation. By switching back and forth and even interrupting each other to show how Dante felt in the Inferno when he was being rudely interrupted, this can be a very entertaining lecture and is best listened to over a day or at most two days.
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