Podcasts about dante's divine comedy

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Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2020 56:42

Welcome to the last official installment of HELLBOYS, a Divine Comedy podcast from the boys here at Overdue! On this episode, we wrap up our journey through Robert and Jean Hollander's translation of Dante's Divine Comedy.Some Patreon supporters get these episodes monthly, but every other month we release them for general consumption. This episode carries us to the end where we meet a Who's Who of Biblical heroes and stare directly into the face of God (Paradiso XXVIII-XXXIII). Then it's time to reflect on our ascension from Hellboys to Heavenlads.Find out more about how to get these episodes monthly at patreon.com/overduepod.

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Paideia Today: Season Two, Episode Seven - Dante III

Paideia Today

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 40:30

In today's episode, we begin by looking at cosmology and the medieval synthesis of science with Christian truth in Dante's Divine Comedy. We do so by looking at some pictorial representations of Dante's cosmology in order to be able to visualize Dante's integration of small and, to the modern mind, discrete fields of knowledge. We make it clear that this must be understood allegorically. We conclude this episode by discussing that it is love that moves what appears in the visual portrait to be a static thing. Love is the organizing principle of the whole of the Divine Comedy, and Primal Love, Dante explains, is what organizes the various layers of Dante's portrait of Hell. It is the perversion of God's charitable love (charity) that results in variations of lust (cupidity), which are thereafter justly punished in Hell.

The Soul in Paraphrase

Speaking with Joy

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 80:10

A conversation with Dr Matthew Rothaus Moser about the transformation of love in Dante's Divine Comedy.

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Episode 30: Cynthia Toolin-Wilson Interviews Sebastian Mahfood, author of The Narrative Spirituality of Dante's Divine Comedy (Apr 22, 2020)

Author-to-Author

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020 63:38

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson Interviews Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, author of The Narrative Spirituality of Dante's Divine Comedy. (Apr 22, 2020)

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Videoinferno

Why You Mad

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2020 76:52

Videodrome. The evils of metal, porn, South Park, Reddit, YouTube, and other media. Dante's Divine Comedy (but mainly Inferno, of course). Chivalry and Arthurian Literature and Disney movies. Plus: Horror vs. SciFi, de-stigmatization vs misrepresentation in media, Mark Rothko, fascism and anti-fascism, and more!!! Review us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-…ad/id1476317902 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @feraljokes Luisa Diez: @luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by DJ Fake Gucci

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HELLBOYS - Episodes 9 & 10

Writers Aloud: The RLF Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2020 91:34

Welcome to another installment of HELLBOYS, a Divine Comedy podcast from the boys here at Overdue! We're continuing our journey through Robert and Jean Hollander's translation of Dante's Divine Comedy a few cantos at a time.Some Patreon supporters get these episodes monthly, but every two months we combine them for general consumption. This combo episode carries us further into space where we meet some friars and Dante's grandpa (Paradiso X-XVIII) before inching closer and closer to God (Paradiso XIX-XXVII). We argue about God, learn about love, and cower before a giant eagle.Find out more about how to get these episodes monthly at patreon.com/overduepod.

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Ian Thomson

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 21:48

Ian Thomson reads Dante's Divine Comedy as a spiritual journey that resonates with his own experience of addiction. The post Ian Thomson appeared first on The Royal Literary Fund.

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#17 - My Father's Watch - Poetry Analysis - Freud, Nietzsche, and Catholicism

Logos Soup

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2020 15:27

I found John Ciardi's poem, "My Father's Watch," while browsing r/salvia. The poem, in addition to its dream-like elements, includes allusions to Dante's Divine Comedy, elements of Freudian psychoanalysis, and an overall motif akin to Friedrich Nietzsche's idea of "The Death of God."

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HELLBOYS - Episodes 7 & 8

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2020 100:51

Welcome to another installment of HELLBOYS, a Divine Comedy podcast from the boys here at Overdue! We're continuing our journey through Robert and Jean Hollander's translation of Dante's Divine Comedy a few cantos at a time.Some Patreon supporters get these episodes monthly, but every two months we combine them for general consumption. This combo episode carries us to the top of Mt. Purgatory (Purgatorio XXIII-XXXIII) and up into the stars (Paradiso I-IX). We walk through fire, visit a Garden of Eden, and meet some truly charming moon people.Find out more about how to get these episodes monthly at patreon.com/overduepod.

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Bookish @ Bethel - Episode 14: Dante's Divine Comedy

Live from AC2nd

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019 28:12

In this week's episode of Bookish @ Bethel, Philosophy Professor Carrie Peffley and History Professor AnneMarie Kooistra are joined by Bethel English Professor Mark Bruce to discuss Dante’s Divine Comedy.

HELLBOYS - Episodes 5 & 6

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2019 101:09

Welcome to another installment of HELLBOYS, a Divine Comedy podcast from the boys here at Overdue! We're continuing our journey through Robert and Jean Hollander's translation of Dante's Divine Comedy a few cantos at a time.Some Patreon supporters get these episodes monthly, but every two months we combine them for general consumption. This combo episode carries us through the first two thirds of the Purgatorio, covering Cantos I-XXII. We climb up God's "Learn Your Lesson" mountain, meet a bunch of Dante-thirsty paparazzi, and encounter one "hell" of a Virgil stan.Find out more about how to get these episodes monthly at patreon.com/overduepod.

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Discussing Dante's Divine Comedy: The Paradiso

B O O K W A V E

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2019 32:30

This week we finished The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. we talk about how Inferno or Paradise can be found on earth and how it relates to a life observed. we also go over how we feel about Beatrice, what it means to be happy and arguing with Angelic Eagles. SUPPORT B O O K W A V E : https://anchor.fm/bookwave/support Matt on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCon-YE6Xu33z3xihmF_WRrQ?ab_channel=MatthewAllison PatMan on Minds: https://www.minds.com/Patmanmeow Akira The Don on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/akirathedon?&ab_channel=AkiraTheDon --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookwave/support

Discussing Dante's Divine Comedy: The Purgatorio

B O O K W A V E

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2019 28:35

Today's episode is about Dante's Purgatorio with our thoughts on poetry and poets as well as sin, vice and virtue. SUPPORT B O O K W A V E : https://anchor.fm/bookwave/support Matt on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCon-YE6Xu33z3xihmF_WRrQ?ab_channel=MatthewAllison PatMan on Minds: https://www.minds.com/Patmanmeow Akira The Don on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/akirathedon?&ab_channel=AkiraTheDon --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookwave/support

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Discussing Dante's Divine Comedy: The Inferno

B O O K W A V E

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2019 47:04

Join this episode of B O O K W A V E while we talk about the politics, religion, myth and language of Dante's Inferno. We take a look at the literal interpretation as well as the metaphorical in our analysis of the underworld's food chain, Satan with his role to play, the end of days and the Ancient Greek myths that Dante used as source material. SUPPORT B O O K W A V E : https://anchor.fm/bookwave/support Matt on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCon-YE6Xu33z3xihmF_WRrQ?ab_channel=MatthewAllison PatMan on Minds: https://www.minds.com/Patmanmeow Akira The Don on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/akirathedon?&ab_channel=AkiraTheDon --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bookwave/support

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HELLBOYS - Episodes 3 & 4

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2019 92:26

Welcome back to HELLBOYS, a Divine Comedy podcast from the boys here at Overdue! We're continuing our journey through Robert and Jean Hollander's translation of Dante's Divine Comedy a few cantos at a time.Some Patreon supporters get these episodes monthly, but every two months we combine them for general consumption. This episode carries us through the back half of the Inferno, covering Cantos XVII-XXXIV. We travel through the Malebolge, meet a demon biker gang, and climb down the Devil himself!Find out more about how to get these episodes monthly at patreon.com/overduepod.

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HELLBOYS - Episodes 1 & 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2019 124:45

Welcome to HELLBOYS, a Divine Comedy podcast from the boys here at Overdue! On our newest show-within-a-show, we're reading Robert and Jean Hollander's translation of Dante's Divine Comedy a few cantos at a time.Some Patreon supporters get these episodes monthly, but every two months we'll combine them for general consumption. First you'll hear our introduction to the show (and the translation) and our chat about Inferno I-VII. Then our journey alongside Virgil and Dante continues with an episode on Inferno VIII-XVI. Talking points include violent punishments for violent people, Dante's (literal) burn book, and Hollander's helpful student Edward.Find out more about how to get these episodes monthly at patreon.com/overduepod.

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The Importance of Being Vulgar w/ Dr. Christine Colón

Wade Center

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2019 50:27

Dorothy L. Sayers produced not just detective novels but stage and radio plays as well as vernacular translations of Dante's Divine Comedy, all for the masses. She aimed her work squarely at the non-elite or the "vulgar" masses. But why? This week, Dr. Christine Colón, Professor of English at Wheaton College, sits down with Crystal Downing and Marjorie Mead to discuss her new book, Writing for the Masses: Dorothy L. Sayers and the Literary Tradition.

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Ah Puch - Mayan God of Death // EP102

Written World Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2019 14:25

What’s one thing we all have in common?Regardless of your wealth or poverty, your skin color, your nationality, your politics, or even religious affiliation, there’s one thing you can count on sharing with every other living human being—and that is, one day, NOT being a living human being.Death unites us all. In the end.In my novel The Girl in the Mayan Tomb one of the most pivotal characters never actually shows up, never has a line of dialogue, and never interacts with any of the other characters. Still, the Mayan god, Ah Puch, has a sinister and ominous presence in the story, for sure. He helps to drive the action, giving Dan Kotler plenty to work with regarding legend and mythos and hidden secrets. Ah Puch manages to threaten the modern world from deep within the tomb of history. Pretty cool stuff. The kind of legend that archaeological thrillers are made of.In the book, I give some details about Ah Puch and his role in Mayan culture. There are tidbits and cool facts, plenty of Wikipedia-level information about him. I'd call it a nice overview, rather than an in-depth look into who and what he was, and that's intentional.I'm not writing histories here, I'm writing fictional adventures. Still, you want to get some things right.I admit that some details are skewed, if not made up entirely. There's no evidence linking Ah Puch to the Inca god Viracocha, for example. At least, none I'm aware of. But connecting those two ideas helped me to build some intrigue into the story, plus a bit of that "misplaced history" that I love folding into the batter of these books before baking them to a nice, crispy brown. Little concessions to the history behind the fiction were a necessity for the story, but the core of the Ah Puch legend is real, and I kept that intact as much as possible.True, Ah Puch is one of the names of the Mayan god of death, darkness, and destruction, but what fascinates me is that he is also the god of birth and new beginnings, making him a study in opposites. He actually manages to embody the two extremes of human existence, as if he would be the one standing at the door between life and death, greeting you no matter which direction you're moving. That appeals to me for its aesthetic encapsulation of the cycle of life: Ah Puch alone would have a complete outsider's perspective on both life and death in the Mayan world. He'd be the unbiased witness to all of it.Having an outsider's perspective on something as profound as all of life and death has to lead to an equally profound level of wisdom. At least, that's how I see it, from my own highly biased perspective as a living human. And so I think it's not entirely a coincidence that one of the dominant totems for Ah Puch was the owl—a creature we've come to associate with wisdom itself. Though there's really no reason why ancient Mayan cultures would have seen the owl in just this way—I could be backfilling my own cognitive bias onto the symbolism of an ancient civilization. But the idea of "wise old Mr. Owl" has some deep roots, and there's nothing to say that ancient Mayans didn't think of owls in more or less the same way.Again, it's fiction. I'm pretty ok with making a few leaps.It’s far more likely, though, that the owl became associated with Ah Puch because of his role as not only the god of death but the god of darkness and disaster as well. Owls, by their very nature, are nocturnal, hunting small prey in the night and taking them off into the darkness where they are consumed. If you happen to be a rodent, that’s some pretty disastrous stuff. I can certainly see the Mayans watching this and connecting it to their own small roles in the panoply of the Amazon jungles. If anyone was wise to the cycle of life and death, it was the Mayans.It isn’t much of a leap to think of the god of death as a predatory bird swooping down to snatch the lives of humans, to carry them off into the dark and indiscernible underworld. Which underworld, however, was sort of up in the air.In Western culture, we tend to lump the Mayans into one solid category, but their civilization was a lot more complex and nuanced than we might imagine. As a general not-quite-unified civilization, the Mayans were spread throughout Central America and Mexico, with some hints of them extending to further extremes on the Southern Continent. Mayan settlements peppered the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize—it was an empire widespread enough to rival the Roman and British empires, at least to scale, though it predated both by thousands of years.Wrap your brain around that one for a second. The Mayans were a fully functional, tool-wielding, government-operating culture, building epic stone structures and inventing mythologies and unfolding histories before most Europeans ever were Europeans.Though all of these Mayan tribes (if "tribes" is even the right word) shared some common core beliefs, by necessity some of the specifics would skew from the core as an ancient game of telephone played out. One tribe would take its beliefs and mythology in this slightly shifted direction, while another took it in that moderately altered perspective. As such we find that Ah Puch had a catalog of names: Hun Ahau, Yum Cimil, Cum Hau, Pukuh, Cizin, and a host of variations on some of these, alongside a plethora of mythical and mystical origins, motivations, and enemies.Ah Puch also ended up with a wealth of homeworlds. Nearly every Mayan group had its own ideas of where Ah Puch lived when he wasn't capturing souls on Earth, relegating them to an array of underworlds. The Yucatec Maya referred to Ah Puch's home turf as Xibaba, for example, while the Quiche Maya called the underworld Metnal.I sort of prefer the latter.Metnal was the lowest level of the underworld, which makes a kind of sense. When we die, regardless of our culture and traditions, we are almost always on a one-way trip into the dirt at our feet. It's only logical that most cultures would begin to think of the afterlife as a place below us, a world played out in caverns and caves.What I find fascinating is the presence of "levels" of the underworld in Mayan culture, in a close and bizarre parallel to the way Westerners defer to Dante's Divine Comedy, particularly Inferno, to describe the afterlife. Metnal was the lowest level of the underworld to the Mayans in much the same way that the Inferno was represented as stacked layers of hell to Europeans. What a strange place to find parallels between two distant and disparate societies, right?And then there was the devil himself.As a god of death, Ah Puch was associated with some of the more heinous aspects of human culture and life, including disease, war, and that horrific but macabrely fascinating practice—human sacrifice. I drew from this for Girl in the Mayan Tomb, principally the disease bits, and I regret nothing. History and legend and myth tend to have some root in real-world, discernible fact, and it seems plausible (to me, at least) that if a culture worships a god who controls disease, they might hold disease itself in some reverence. If you haven't read the book, I don't think I'm throwing any spoilers out there, but it relies pretty heavily on this idea of disease as a form of worship.We Westerners tend to filter our perspective of history and mythology through the pantheons of ancient civilizations such as the Greeks, the Romans, the Norse. But there are so many gods out there—an endless parade of them in every culture, and in every shape and form imaginable. The thing that tingles in my brain and my soul, every time I read and learn more about these pantheons and their gods, is how similar they can be.Ah Puch has his parallels in the Greek god of death Thanatos (which may sound a little familiar to fans of the Avengers films and Marvel Comics in general, as an inspiration for the character Thanos). There are parallels as well with gods such as Hades (Greek), Anubis (Egyptian), Yama (Hindu), Osiris (Egyptian), Azrael (Judaism), Yan Luo (Chinese), the Morrigan (Celtic) and many, many more.I could have chosen any Mayan death god—there were several. But Ah Puch piqued my attention for a variety of reasons. His symbols—including the skeletal figure you might expect, as well as the predatory owl—were intriguing to me, as was the sort of cognitive dissonance of his roles as both the god of death and the god of birth. His name itself was a sort of draw, giving me a chance to have Agent Roland Denzel continually fumbling it, getting close but never quite getting it right. How could I pass on a good "Ah-Choo" joke?Trick question. I can't.History and mythology are so overripe with characters like Ah Puch that I could write about them for the rest of my life and still leave stories untold. That, of course, is the biggest draw of all. There's also the satisfaction of knowing I'm calling attention to characters who may otherwise have been lost to history, or at least to the pop-culture filter of history.I'm happy to have helped bring Ah Puch into the modern spotlight a little. He probably wouldn't like it much, but it was fun all the same. Delivering a dark and forgotten god forward into history allowed me to dig a little deeper into a lost (mostly lost) culture, to think about how they thought and lived and understood the world around them, and to come away with some new insights and perspectives that I could share, hopefully in exciting, action-packed ways.That's half of why I write in the first place—to explore the Written World we sometimes live in parallel to, and never fully realize is there. If you enjoyed this little tale …IF YOU ENJOYED THIS LITTLE TALE …You might enjoy a good thriller novel. And I happen to write thriller novels. Find something to keep you up all night at KevinTumlinson.com/books

ASMR | (10) DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY: INFERNO by Dante Alighieri

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2019 11:19

Soft spoken and whispered ASMR reading of the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 1320. Told in three books, Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise and will be read in 99 parts, 33 cantos per book. Podcast: www.anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr YouTube: bit.ly/youtubeTomebyTomeASMR Twitter: twitter.com/PamMcElprang Sorrow of the Dragon Gods: amzn.to/2E6CT2v As a young man, Dante tried to woo a beautiful and devout Florentine girl of his own age. Since childhood they had exchanged in passing the one word their families would allow—Salute! (Health!). Then one day, the young woman, Beatrice, in reaction to rumors of the poet’s increasingly worldly ways, refrained from the greeting, causing anguish in the young Dante. Shortly thereafter, Beatrice died. Dante was transformed by his grief and vowed to write in Beatrice’s honor a poem unlike any ever written. Thus began Dante’s famed journey, one that would take him through the depths of despair. Dante was well versed in poetry, but what he wanted to create for Beatrice called for something new and even more demanding, a flexible and muscular form he invented precisely for the new undertaking, the terza rima. Dante wrote his masterpiece on the move, banned from Florence by political enemies. In exile, he paid homage to his true love, Beatrice, and by choosing to write in his Tuscan vernacular instead of Latin, transformed the Italian language. #softspokenasmr #dantesinferno #danteaudiobook #softspokenasmr #asmr #dantealighieri #danteinferno #dantedivinecomedy #danteaudiobook#infernoaudiobook #asmraudiobook #dantecomedy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr/support

ASMR | (9) DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY: INFERNO by Dante Alighieri

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2019 11:14

Soft spoken and whispered ASMR reading of the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 1320. Told in three books, Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise and will be read in 99 parts, 33 cantos per book. Podcast: www.anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr YouTube: bit.ly/youtubeTomebyTomeASMR Twitter: twitter.com/PamMcElprang Sorrow of the Dragon Gods: amzn.to/2E6CT2v As a young man, Dante tried to woo a beautiful and devout Florentine girl of his own age. Since childhood they had exchanged in passing the one word their families would allow—Salute! (Health!). Then one day, the young woman, Beatrice, in reaction to rumors of the poet’s increasingly worldly ways, refrained from the greeting, causing anguish in the young Dante. Shortly thereafter, Beatrice died. Dante was transformed by his grief and vowed to write in Beatrice’s honor a poem unlike any ever written. Thus began Dante’s famed journey, one that would take him through the depths of despair. Dante was well versed in poetry, but what he wanted to create for Beatrice called for something new and even more demanding, a flexible and muscular form he invented precisely for the new undertaking, the terza rima. Dante wrote his masterpiece on the move, banned from Florence by political enemies. In exile, he paid homage to his true love, Beatrice, and by choosing to write in his Tuscan vernacular instead of Latin, transformed the Italian language. #softspokenasmr #dantesinferno #danteaudiobook #softspokenasmr #asmr #dantealighieri #danteinferno #dantedivinecomedy #danteaudiobook#infernoaudiobook #asmraudiobook #dantecomedy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr/support

ASMR | (6) DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY: INFERNO by Dante Alighieri

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2019 9:49

Soft spoken and whispered ASMR reading of the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 1320. Told in three books, Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise and will be read in 99 parts, 33 cantos per book. Podcast: www.anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr YouTube: bit.ly/youtubeTomebyTomeASMR Twitter: twitter.com/PamMcElprang Sorrow of the Dragon Gods: amzn.to/2E6CT2v As a young man, Dante tried to woo a beautiful and devout Florentine girl of his own age. Since childhood they had exchanged in passing the one word their families would allow—Salute! (Health!). Then one day, the young woman, Beatrice, in reaction to rumors of the poet’s increasingly worldly ways, refrained from the greeting, causing anguish in the young Dante. Shortly thereafter, Beatrice died. Dante was transformed by his grief and vowed to write in Beatrice’s honor a poem unlike any ever written. Thus began Dante’s famed journey, one that would take him through the depths of despair. Dante was well versed in poetry, but what he wanted to create for Beatrice called for something new and even more demanding, a flexible and muscular form he invented precisely for the new undertaking, the terza rima. Dante wrote his masterpiece on the move, banned from Florence by political enemies. In exile, he paid homage to his true love, Beatrice, and by choosing to write in his Tuscan vernacular instead of Latin, transformed the Italian language. #softspokenasmr #dantesinferno #danteaudiobook #softspokenasmr #asmr #dantealighieri #danteinferno #dantedivinecomedy #danteaudiobook #infernoaudiobook #asmraudiobook #dantecomedy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr/support

ASMR | (7) DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY: INFERNO by Dante Alighieri

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2019 11:04

Soft spoken and whispered ASMR reading of the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 1320. Told in three books, Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise and will be read in 99 parts, 33 cantos per book. Podcast: www.anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr YouTube: bit.ly/youtubeTomebyTomeASMR Twitter: twitter.com/PamMcElprang Sorrow of the Dragon Gods: amzn.to/2E6CT2v As a young man, Dante tried to woo a beautiful and devout Florentine girl of his own age. Since childhood they had exchanged in passing the one word their families would allow—Salute! (Health!). Then one day, the young woman, Beatrice, in reaction to rumors of the poet’s increasingly worldly ways, refrained from the greeting, causing anguish in the young Dante. Shortly thereafter, Beatrice died. Dante was transformed by his grief and vowed to write in Beatrice’s honor a poem unlike any ever written. Thus began Dante’s famed journey, one that would take him through the depths of despair. Dante was well versed in poetry, but what he wanted to create for Beatrice called for something new and even more demanding, a flexible and muscular form he invented precisely for the new undertaking, the terza rima. Dante wrote his masterpiece on the move, banned from Florence by political enemies. In exile, he paid homage to his true love, Beatrice, and by choosing to write in his Tuscan vernacular instead of Latin, transformed the Italian language. #softspokenasmr #dantesinferno #danteaudiobook #softspokenasmr #asmr #dantealighieri #danteinferno #dantedivinecomedy #danteaudiobook #infernoaudiobook #asmraudiobook #dantecomedy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr/support

ASMR | (8) DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY: INFERNO by Dante Alighieri

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2019 10:57

Soft spoken and whispered ASMR reading of the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 1320. Told in three books, Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise and will be read in 99 parts, 33 cantos per book. Podcast: www.anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr YouTube: bit.ly/youtubeTomebyTomeASMR Twitter: twitter.com/PamMcElprang Sorrow of the Dragon Gods: amzn.to/2E6CT2v As a young man, Dante tried to woo a beautiful and devout Florentine girl of his own age. Since childhood they had exchanged in passing the one word their families would allow—Salute! (Health!). Then one day, the young woman, Beatrice, in reaction to rumors of the poet’s increasingly worldly ways, refrained from the greeting, causing anguish in the young Dante. Shortly thereafter, Beatrice died. Dante was transformed by his grief and vowed to write in Beatrice’s honor a poem unlike any ever written. Thus began Dante’s famed journey, one that would take him through the depths of despair. Dante was well versed in poetry, but what he wanted to create for Beatrice called for something new and even more demanding, a flexible and muscular form he invented precisely for the new undertaking, the terza rima. Dante wrote his masterpiece on the move, banned from Florence by political enemies. In exile, he paid homage to his true love, Beatrice, and by choosing to write in his Tuscan vernacular instead of Latin, transformed the Italian language. #softspokenasmr #dantesinferno #danteaudiobook #softspokenasmr #asmr #dantealighieri #danteinferno #dantedivinecomedy #danteaudiobook #infernoaudiobook #asmraudiobook #dantecomedy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr/support

ASMR | (5) DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY: INFERNO by Dante Alighieri

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2019 10:58

Soft spoken and whispered ASMR reading of the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 1320. Told in three books, Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise and will be read in 99 parts, 33 cantos per book. Podcast: www.anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr YouTube: bit.ly/youtubeTomebyTomeASMR Twitter: twitter.com/PamMcElprang Sorrow of the Dragon Gods: amzn.to/2E6CT2v As a young man, Dante tried to woo a beautiful and devout Florentine girl of his own age. Since childhood they had exchanged in passing the one word their families would allow—Salute! (Health!). Then one day, the young woman, Beatrice, in reaction to rumors of the poet’s increasingly worldly ways, refrained from the greeting, causing anguish in the young Dante. Shortly thereafter, Beatrice died. Dante was transformed by his grief and vowed to write in Beatrice’s honor a poem unlike any ever written. Thus began Dante’s famed journey, one that would take him through the depths of hell. Dante was well versed in poetry, but what he wanted to create for Beatrice called for something new and even more demanding, a flexible and muscular form he invented precisely for the new undertaking, the terza rima. Dante wrote his masterpiece on the move, banned from Florence by political enemies. In exile, he paid homage to his true love, Beatrice, and by choosing to write in his Tuscan vernacular instead of Latin, transformed the Italian language. #softspokenasmr #asmr #dantealighieri #danteinferno #dantedivinecomedy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr/support

#16 - Brett McKay (Art of Manliness) on Dante's Divine Comedy

Online Great Books Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2019 57:31

Brett McKay of Art of Manliness fame joins Online Great Books owner Scott Hambrick to discuss Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, a narrative poem best known by the titles of its three constituent parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. Dante's tale blends Christian theology and human reason, exploring the nature of sin and redemption. Virgil, the pre-Christian author of The Aeneid, serves as Dante's (the character) guide through the Hell and Purgatory as well as a symbol of human reason. Meanwhile, Dante's childhood crush and self-described "perfect woman" Beatrice guides him through Heaven. Along the way Dante the author paints a picture of Hell that informs modern depictions to this day: fire, brimstone, lurid and gory punishments.

ASMR | (4) DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY: INFERNO by Dante Alighieri

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2019 10:15

Soft spoken and whispered ASMR reading of the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 1320. Told in three books, Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise and will be read in 99 parts, 33 cantos per book. Podcast: www.anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr YouTube: bit.ly/youtubeTomebyTomeASMR Twitter: twitter.com/PamMcElprang Sorrow of the Dragon Gods: amzn.to/2E6CT2v As a young man, Dante tried to woo a beautiful and devout Florentine girl of his own age. Since childhood they had exchanged in passing the one word their families would allow—Salute! (Health!). Then one day, the young woman, Beatrice, in reaction to rumors of the poet’s increasingly worldly ways, refrained from the greeting, causing anguish in the young Dante. Shortly thereafter, Beatrice died. Dante was transformed by his grief and vowed to write in Beatrice’s honor a poem unlike any ever written. Thus began Dante’s famed journey, one that would take him through the depths of despair. Dante was well versed in poetry, but what he wanted to create for Beatrice called for something new and even more demanding, a flexible and muscular form he invented precisely for the new undertaking, the terza rima. Dante wrote his masterpiece on the move, banned from Florence by political enemies. In exile, he paid homage to his true love, Beatrice, and by choosing to write in his Tuscan vernacular instead of Latin, transformed the Italian language. #softspokenasmr #asmr #dantealighieri #danteinferno #dantedivinecomedy #danteaudiobook #infernoaudiobook #asmraudiobook #dantecomedy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr/support

ASMR | (2) DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY: INFERNO by Dante Alighieri

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2019 11:41

Soft spoken and whispered ASMR reading of the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 1320. Told in three books, Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise and will be read in 99 parts, 33 cantos per book. Podcast: www.anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr YouTube: bit.ly/youtubeTomebyTomeASMR Twitter: twitter.com/PamMcElprang Sorrow of the Dragon Gods: amzn.to/2E6CT2v As a young man, Dante tried to woo a beautiful and devout Florentine girl of his own age. Since childhood they had exchanged in passing the one word their families would allow—Salute! (Health!). Then one day, the young woman, Beatrice, in reaction to rumors of the poet’s increasingly worldly ways, refrained from the greeting, causing anguish in the young Dante. Shortly thereafter, Beatrice died. Dante was transformed by his grief and vowed to write in Beatrice’s honor a poem unlike any ever written. Thus began Dante’s famed journey, one that would take him through the depths of despair. Dante was well versed in poetry, but what he wanted to create for Beatrice called for something new and even more demanding, a flexible and muscular form he invented precisely for the new undertaking, the terza rima. Dante wrote his masterpiece on the move, banned from Florence by political enemies. In exile, he paid homage to his true love, Beatrice, and by choosing to write in his Tuscan vernacular instead of Latin, transformed the Italian language. #softspokenasmr #asmr #dantealighieri #danteinferno #dantedivinecomedy #danteaudiobook #infernoaudiobook #asmraudiobook #dantecomedy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr/support

ASMR | (3) DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY: INFERNO by Dante Alighieri

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2019 11:05

Soft spoken and whispered ASMR reading of the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 1320. Told in three books, Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise and will be read in 99 parts, 33 cantos per book. Podcast: www.anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr YouTube: bit.ly/youtubeTomebyTomeASMR Twitter: twitter.com/PamMcElprang Sorrow of the Dragon Gods: amzn.to/2E6CT2v As a young man, Dante tried to woo a beautiful and devout Florentine girl of his own age. Since childhood they had exchanged in passing the one word their families would allow—Salute! (Health!). Then one day, the young woman, Beatrice, in reaction to rumors of the poet’s increasingly worldly ways, refrained from the greeting, causing anguish in the young Dante. Shortly thereafter, Beatrice died. Dante was transformed by his grief and vowed to write in Beatrice’s honor a poem unlike any ever written. Thus began Dante’s famed journey, one that would take him through the depths of despair. Dante was well versed in poetry, but what he wanted to create for Beatrice called for something new and even more demanding, a flexible and muscular form he invented precisely for the new undertaking, the terza rima. Dante wrote his masterpiece on the move, banned from Florence by political enemies. In exile, he paid homage to his true love, Beatrice, and by choosing to write in his Tuscan vernacular instead of Latin, transformed the Italian language. #softspokenasmr #asmr #dantealighieri #danteinferno #dantedivinecomedy #danteaudiobook #infernoaudiobook #asmraudiobook #dantecomedy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr/support

ASMR | (1) DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY: INFERNO by Dante Alighieri

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2019 13:18

Soft spoken and whispered ASMR reading of the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 1320. Told in three books, Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise and will be read in 99 parts, 33 cantos per book. Podcast: www.anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr YouTube: bit.ly/youtubeTomebyTomeASMR Twitter: twitter.com/PamMcElprang Sorrow of the Dragon Gods: amzn.to/2E6CT2v As a young man, Dante tried to woo a beautiful and devout Florentine girl of his own age. Since childhood they had exchanged in passing the one word their families would allow—Salute! (Health!). Then one day, the young woman, Beatrice, in reaction to rumors of the poet’s increasingly worldly ways, refrained from the greeting, causing anguish in the young Dante. Shortly thereafter, Beatrice died. Dante was transformed by his grief and vowed to write in Beatrice’s honor a poem unlike any ever written. Thus began Dante’s famed journey, one that would take him through the depths of despair. Dante was well versed in poetry, but what he wanted to create for Beatrice called for something new and even more demanding, a flexible and muscular form he invented precisely for the new undertaking, the terza rima. Dante wrote his masterpiece on the move, banned from Florence by political enemies. In exile, he paid homage to his true love, Beatrice, and by choosing to write in his Tuscan vernacular instead of Latin, transformed the Italian language. #softspokenasmr #asmr #dantealighieri #danteinferno #dantedivinecomedy #danteaudiobook #infernoaudiobook #asmraudiobook #dantecomedy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tome-by-tome-asmr/support

Christian Humanist Profiles 135: A Beginner's Guide to Dante's Divine Comedy

Christian Humanist Profiles

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2018 1:00

Nathan Gilmour interviews Jason M. Baxter about his new book, "A Beginner's Guide to Dante's Divine Comedy."

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Christian Humanist Profiles 135: A Beginner's Guide to Dante's Divine Comedy

Christian Humanist Profiles

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2018 1:00

Nathan Gilmour interviews Jason M. Baxter about his new book, "A Beginner's Guide to Dante's Divine Comedy."

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A Beginner's Guide to Dante (featuring Jason Baxter)

Forma

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2018 51:44

Welcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and community leaders who are carefully contemplating the nature and practice of classical education and the arts.In this episode, David Kern chats with Jason Baxter, a professor and writer from Wyoming Catholic College, about his new books, A Beginner's Guide to Dante's Divine Comedy. This seeks to help "readers better appreciate and understand the complexity and layers of meaning of Dante's spiritual masterpiece." Topics of conversation include the challenges of teaching Dante today, Dante's modern moment, why the Divine Comedy is worth loving, and much more. ***About Jason Baxter: Dr. Baxter (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is associate professor of fine arts and humanities at Wyoming Catholic College in Lander, Wyoming, where he worked with the Distance Learning Program to produce an eighteen-part introduction to the Divine Comedy. Baxter also codirected the college's Rome Immersion Experience, designed to introduce students to the highlights of Roman art, architecture, history, and culture. He has been invited to speak at universities across the country on the modern relevance of the liberal arts and on topics pertaining to Dante. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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A Beginner's Guide to Dante (featuring Dr. Jason Baxter)

CiRCE Institute Podcast Network

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2018 51:44

Welcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and community leaders who are carefully contemplating the nature and practice of classical education and the arts.In this episode, David Kern chats with Jason Baxter, a professor and writer from Wyoming Catholic College, about his new books, A Beginner's Guide to Dante's Divine Comedy. This seeks to help "readers better appreciate and understand the complexity and layers of meaning of Dante's spiritual masterpiece." Topics of conversation include the challenges of teaching Dante today, Dante's modern moment, why the Divine Comedy is worth loving, and much more.***Jason M. Baxter (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is associate professor of fine arts and humanities at Wyoming Catholic College in Lander, Wyoming, where he worked with the Distance Learning Program to produce an eighteen-part introduction to the Divine Comedy. Baxter also codirected the college's Rome Immersion Experience, designed to introduce students to the highlights of Roman art, architecture, history, and culture. He has been invited to speak at universities across the country on the modern relevance of the liberal arts and on topics pertaining to Dante. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP - La Bontà Infinita: God's Infinite Goodness and How it Might be Lived

The Two Wings

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2018 40:17

While we cannot achieve salvation on our own merits, there are things we can do to prepare ourselves to receive God’s grace, which is his activity within us, and this is how we are called to live our Lenten Season. Such gifts of grace are described by Dante Alighieri in his Divine Comedy, the centerpiece of which is Mount Purgatory, the ladder that enables our return to God. The seven stories of the mountain deal with pride, envy, wrath, sloth, avarice, gluttony and lust in light of their corresponding virtues of, respectively, humility, caritas, meekness, zeal, liberality, abstinence and chastity. This presentation will lead participants through a discussion of the Purgatorio and engage them in a spiritual exercise dealing with these seven virtues. (Scheduled to be Recorded and Aired on Thursday, March 15, 2018, at 4:00 pm Eastern / 3:00 pm Central)Dr. Mahfood earned his PhD in Literature at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, MO, and has written and taught on Dante's Divine Comedy for over twenty years and in 2016 created a CD series on the Comedy for Now You Know Media. He is Vice-President of External Affairs and Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Holy Apostles College & Seminary. He is the founder and CEO of En Route Books and Media and WCAT Radio.

[LFDG ARCHIVE] Dante, Exile, and Facing Our Humanity

Lessons From Dead Guys

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2018 64:12

This is the one-year anniversary of the relaunch of the show! We are joined by Professor and Author Matthew Rothaus Moser as we learn about Dante, His exile from Florence, and his pilgrimage through the hell, and purgatory! What better way to kick off our Lenten series by exploring the spirituality of Ash Wednesday and the Lenten season through the lens of Dante's Divine Comedy!? SHOW NOTES Matthew Rothaus Moser https://twitter.com/M_Rothaus_Moser The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, Translation by Robin Kirkpatrick https://www.amazon.com/Divine-Comedy-Inferno-Purgatorio-Paradiso/dp/0141197498 The Inferno Translated by Robert Hollander https://www.amazon.com/Inferno-Dante/dp/0385496982 Reading Dante by Giuseppe Mazzotta https://www.amazon.com/Reading-Dante-Open-Yale-Courses/dp/0300191359 Dante: A Brief History by Peter S. Hawkins https://www.amazon.com/Dante-History-Peter-S-Hawkins/dp/1405130520 Dante, Mercy & the Beauty of the Human Person Video Series https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAUSPrUgaSiCt39tn7t3ODe3L6It_B8Iw Exile Liturgy https://ryancagle.com/exileliturgy/ Subscribe to Signposts! http://eepurl.com/bFY_qv Join Wild Paths https://www.facebook.com/groups/148864792410364/ Music provided by Alex Sugg, and songsforstory.com Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ryancagle)

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Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP - The Relationship between Natural and Divine Law in Dante's Divine Comedy

The Two Wings

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2017 71:50

Dr. Mahfood will speak about Dante's Divine Comedy as an epic work of art that narrativizes the Aristotelian-Thomistic Synthesis from the moment Dante finds himself lost in a Dark Wood to the moment he becomes one with the mind of God and finds himself back at his writing desk. A prezi of the presentation may be found here. (Recorded and aired on Friday, December 1, 2017.)Dr. Mahfood earned his PhD in Literature at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, MO, and has written and taught on Dante's Divine Comedy for over twenty years and in 2016 created a CD series on the Comedy for Now You Know Media. He is Vice-President of External Affairs and Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Holy Apostles College & Seminary. He is the founder and CEO of En Route Books and Media and WCAT Radio.

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Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP - The Relationship between Natural and Divine Law in Dante's Divine Comedy

The Two Wings

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2017 71:50

Dr. Mahfood will speak about Dante's Divine Comedy as an epic work of art that narrativizes the Aristotelian-Thomistic Synthesis from the moment Dante finds himself lost in a Dark Wood to the moment he becomes one with the mind of God and finds himself back at his writing desk. A prezi of the presentation may be found here. (Recorded and aired on Friday, December 1, 2017.)Dr. Mahfood earned his PhD in Literature at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, MO, and has written and taught on Dante's Divine Comedy for over twenty years and in 2016 created a CD series on the Comedy for Now You Know Media. He is Vice-President of External Affairs and Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Holy Apostles College & Seminary. He is the founder and CEO of En Route Books and Media and WCAT Radio.

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Anthony Esolen on Translating Dante’s Divine Comedy and Dan Brown’s Supercilious Stupidity

History Unplugged Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2017 57:25

‘Dante and Shakespeare divide the modern world between them: there is no third’ —T.S Elliot The most towering epic poem in Western literature, save perhaps the works of Homer, is Dante's Divine Comedy. In this episode we are going to talk about the history of the poem, how it was understood across the centuries, and what it has to say to 21st man today. And our guest is perhaps the most qualified person on the planet to do so. Anthony Esolen is a literature professor and Dante scholar who released an acclaimed translation of Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise. He has been praised for marrying sense with sound, poetry with meaning, capturing both the poem’s line-by-line vigor and its allegorically and philosophically exacting structure. In our interview we discuss Esolen's translation decision to ditch systematic line-by-line rhyming in favor of blank verse to retain the poem's original “meaning and music,” why Dan Brown's Inferno is so transcendentally terrible a book, and what Dante has to say to a modern world that has exchanged an authentic culture for mindless mass entertainment. ABOUT ANTHONY ESOLEN Anthony Esolen is a professor of English Renaissance and classical literature, a writer, social commentator, and translator of classical poetry. He has taught at the university level for decades and joined Thomas More College of Liberal Arts this fall. Besides Dante, he has translated Lucretius' On the Nature of Things, and Torquato Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered. Along with his academic work he has written more than 500 articles forThe Claremont Review of Books, First Things, and Touchstone magazine. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Anthony Esolen's translation of Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise “Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture” “Dan Brown's Infernal Fiction” TO HELP OUT THE SHOW Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher

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Episode 27: Comedy

Words for Granted

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2017 26:42

Today, "comedy" is a genre of entertainment that makes us laugh. However, this was not always the case. The word derives from a Greek compound that most likely meant "revel song," and it's culturally rooted in a ancient festival called the ... penis parade? Yes, the penis parade. Yet humor was not always the main component of "comedy" as it is today. Covering topics as disparate as Dante's "Divine Comedy" and Punch and Judy puppet shows, this episode covers a condensed yet extensive history of the genre of comedy.

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Ep. 782 Another Professor Refuses to Surrender to the Campus Snowflakes

The Tom Woods Show

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2016 47:35

Professor Anthony Esolen, author of many books and acclaimed translator of Dante's Divine Comedy, unexpectedly ran afoul of the campus thought police in recent weeks. He suggested in print that the kind of superficial, bean-counting "diversity" with which academia is so obsessed threatens to undermine the universality and catholicity of a Catholic college like Providence. I don't recall many episodes I enjoyed more than this one.

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WOF 035: Understanding Dante's ”Divine Comedy”

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2016 34:09

Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy is by all accounts one of the greatest masterpieces of world literature and an absolute gem of the Catholic tradition. The epic tripartite poem tells the story of our soul's journey toward God. In this episode Bishop Barron offers a virtual commentary on all three parts, guiding listeners through Dante's vision of hell, his seven story mountain of purgatory and his ascension into heaven - the joyful ending which classically defines this poem as a "comedy." Our listener question asks about how and when we should seek a spiritual director. Topics Discussed 0:22 - Bishop Barron discusses meeting Joseph, the episode host 1:20 - Who was Dante and how has he influenced Bishop Barron? 4:19 - How does the Divine Comedy begin? 6:40 - How does the beginning of the story typical to conversion? 7:28 - What blocks Dante from pursuing his path to God? 8:56 - What is Dante's vision of hell? 11:01 - How does Dante describe Satan? 17:15 - What spiritual moves does Dante make in purgatory? 19:45 - What literary devices and language does Dante uses? 21:17 - How does Dante act against his sin? 25:25 - How does Dante describe Heaven? 29:14 - What should we takeaway by reading this poem? 31:06 - Listener Question: How and when should we find a spiritual director? Bonus Resources CD's Seven Deadly Sins, Seven Lively Virtues (Bishop Barron) The Divine Comedy Audio Book (Dante Alighieri) Conversion (Bishop Barron) Books Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith (Bishop Barron) The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri) The Strangest Way (Bishop Barron) Videos Bishop Barron on Dante Alighieri (Bishop Barron) Articles The Spiritual Master Pope Francis Wants You to Read (Bishop Barron) Find bonus links and resources for this episode at http://WordOnFireShow.com and be sure to submit your questions at http://AskBishopBarron.

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Al-Ma'arri the Poet

Museum of Lost Objects

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2016 13:12

The Museum of Lost Objects traces the histories of 10 antiquities or cultural sites that have been destroyed or looted in Iraq and Syria. In 2013, Islamic militants decapitated the statue of an 11th Century Arabic poet that stood in his hometown of Maarat al-Nu'man, a city that's seen heavy fighting during the Syrian conflict. The poet al-Ma'arri was one of the most revered in Syria, and poetry enthusiasts tell his story - he was blind, vegetarian, atheist, and some even claim that his work inspired Dante's Divine Comedy. Contributors: Nasser Rabbat, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mahmoud al-Sheikh, BBC Arabic; the reading is by Susan Jameson Presenter: Kanishk Tharoor Producer: Maryam Maruf Picture: Statue of al-Ma'arri with the sculptor Fathi Mohammed in the 1940s, and the statue after its decapitation in 2013.

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Dante's Divine Comedy: Heaven Part Two - Professor John Kinder

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2015 101:30

Following on from an introductory lecture given at the Dawson Society Speakers Forum, Professor Kinder expliored themes of experience, desire and sanctification in the Divine Comedy, working particularly from the recent translation by Clive James.

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Dante's Divine Comedy: Heaven Part One - Professor John Kinder

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2015 91:39

Following on from an introductory lecture given at the Dawson Society Speakers Forum, Professor Kinder expliored themes of experience, desire and sanctification in the Divine Comedy, working particularly from the recent translation by Clive James.

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Dante's Divine Comedy: Purgatory Part Two - Professor John Kinder

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2015 93:30

Following on from an introductory lecture given at the Dawson Society Speakers Forum, Professor Kinder expliored themes of experience, desire and sanctification in the Divine Comedy, working from the recent translation by Clive James.

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Dante's Divine Comedy: Purgatory Part One - Professor John Kinder

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2015 101:49

Following on from an introductory lecture given at the Dawson Society Speakers Forum, Professor Kinder expliored themes of experience, desire and sanctification in the Divine Comedy, working from the recent translation by Clive James.

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Dante's Divine Comedy: Inferno Part Two - Professor John Kinder

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2015 96:28

Following on from an introductory lecture given at the Dawson Society Speakers Forum, Professor Kinder expliored themes of experience, desire and sanctification in the Divine Comedy, working particularly from the recent translation by Clive James.

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Dante's Divine Comedy: Inferno Part One - Professor John Kinder