So we are considering setting Dante's Paradiso as our reading beginning in the fall. It's a formidable text, and anyone who intends to join in really should read, or recently (within a few years) have read both the Inferno and Purgatorio. Many will use Mandelbaum, but other translations will simply make our task more interesting.
For those wishing to review and/or gather some recent academic views of Dante, there is Yale Prof. Giuseppe Mazzotta's intro to the Commedia online entitled Dante in Translation, free of charge.
The course consists of 24 lectures which can be downloaded in a variety of formats - everything from transcripts to videos. Click on an individual lecture to see the media options.
To help refresh our memory, we will read the first few cantos of the Inferno followed by a few of the Purgatorio.
Peter D'Epiro's excellent translation of Paradiso I which we looked at last time is here.
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| Giuseppe Mazzotta |
The course consists of 24 lectures which can be downloaded in a variety of formats - everything from transcripts to videos. Click on an individual lecture to see the media options.
To help refresh our memory, we will read the first few cantos of the Inferno followed by a few of the Purgatorio.
Peter D'Epiro's excellent translation of Paradiso I which we looked at last time is here.
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| Dante and Beatrice speak to Piccarda and Constance (Par. 3) |
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