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0:00 abandon all hope ye who enter here
0:30 why should you read Danteโs Inferno?
1:30 the Supreme Poet of Italian Literature
2:30 how to read Danteโs Inferno
3:00 is Dante Alighieri a difficult poet?
4:00 Divine Comedy as grand allegory
5:30 youโre already a master of symbolism
6:00 the beginning of Danteโs Inferno
7:00 โmidway in the journey of our lifeโ
8:00 experiencing midlife spiritual crisis
9:30 โI came to myself in a dark woodโ
10:00 going through hell to get to heaven
11:00 looking your dark side in the face
12:00 when is Danteโs Inferno set?
12:30 Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso
13:00 why is it called The Divine Comedy?
13:30 what does descending into hell mean?
14:00 recognition, renunciation, reward
14:30 journalling, note-making, rereading
15:00 do you have to read Dante religiously?
15:30 heaven, hell, purgatory as states of mind
17:30 Dante the Pilgrim vs Dante the Poet
18:30 symbolism of leopard, lion, she-wolf
19:30 the influence of Virgilโs Aeneid
20:00 epics of Homer, Virgil, Dante, Milion
21:00 Italian vernacular vs Classical Latin
21:30 Virgil as guide in Danteโs Inferno
22:30 Danteโs Beatrice as Divine Love
24:00 analysing the architecture of hell
24:30 understanding the law of contrapasso
25:00 exploring the nine circles of hell
25:30 virtuous pagans in Limbo/circle one
26:40 lustful sinners in the second circle
28:00 gluttonous sinners in the third circle
29:00 greedy sinners in the fourth circle
30:30 wrathful sinners in the fifth circle
31:30 heretic sinners in the sixth circle
32:00 what are the cantos in Danteโs Inferno?
34:00 violent sinners in the seventh circle
35:00 fraudster sinners in the eight circle
36:00 traitor sinners in the ninth circle
38:00 cosmology of Danteโs universe
38:50 nine spheres of Danteโs paradise
39:00 welcome to the darkest depths of hell
39:30 Danteโs Satan vs Miltonโs Satan
40:20 themes to note for beginning readers
41:00 theme of sinfulness in Danteโs Inferno
41:30 why was Dante exiled from Florence?
42:00 Guelphs vs Ghibellines in medieval Italy
43:00 political persecution of Dante Alighieri
43:30 what sins was Dante was guilty of?
44:00 difference between hell & purgatory
45:00 beautiful message at heart of Christianity
46:00 what are the seven deadly sins?
47:00 how to overcome your personal vices
49:00 multiple meanings & inexhaustibility
50:00 architectonics & back-illumination
51:30 what is the best translation of Dante?
53:00 terza rima of Danteโs Divine Comedy
54:00 Italian rhyming vs English rhyming
54:30 translators as puritans vs cavaliers
56:00 how to choose the right translation
57:30 John Ciardiโs translation of Dante
1:00:00 translation comparison exercise
1:01:40 Hollander translation of Dante
1:03:40 Mark Musa translation of Dante
1:05:20 Mandelbaum translation of Dante
1:07:15 Clive James translation of Dante
1:10:00 Danteโs Inferno book club lectures