The Divine Comedy: How to Read It and Tips for Success (The Portable Dante by Mark Musa)

Описание: In this video, I provide personal tips for success and advice on how to approach reading the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. I walk through issues I had when trying to approach reading this epic poem and give advice for picking a translation, approaching reading it, and reasons for reading the introduction. Then, I provide a summary and review of, The Portable Dante by Mark Musa; which was the translation of the Divine Comedy that I read very easily and would recommend for your first time reading.

The Portable Dante
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0:00-Introduction
2:34-Choosing a Translation
7:22-Example of Longfellow vs. Musa
13:28-Plan to Read the Entire Divine Comedy
14:11-Rating the Portable Dante Mark Musa Translation
16:32-Reading the Introduction is a MUST!
18:45-Who is Beatrice?
21:12-Dante the Pilgrim vs. Dante the Poet
23:28-General Plot Summary & Review
24:22-Dante's Inferno
26:56-Dante's Purgatory
30:56-Dante's Paradise
33:06-General Review & Conclusions

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Andrew

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