It is an expression of the suffering, of the devotion and hard work, of sincerity and truthfulness, of intensity of vision, and of the moral profundity and intellectual greatness of its author. He calls it “divine song”, “the transcendental, mystic song”, “the voice of ten silent centuries” the “Christian epic” which makes articulate the soul, the moral nature, of the middle ages. In Lecture III of his Heroes and Hero-worship, Carlyle is all praises for it. The Divine Comedy: Its Permanence and Universalityĭante’s Divine Comedy is one of the most remarkable poems that have come down to us from the middle ages.
The Divine Comedy: Graphic and Vivid Descriptions.The Divine Comedy: A Song in the Real Sense.You can contribute through PayPal, Patreon, Venmo and Crypto. It’s hard to rely 100% on ads, and your contributions will help us continue providing the best free cultural and educational materials to learners everywhere. If you would like to support the mission of Open Culture, consider making a donation to our site. If you would like to sign up for Open Culture’s free email newsletter, please find it here. Plus the site features commentary on Dante’s text.īarolini’s Dante course will be added to our list of Free Literature Courses, a subset of our collection, 1,700 Free Online Courses from Top Universities. Barolini also oversees a related web site, Digital Dante, where you can find Dante’s text in the Petrocchi edition with English translations by Mandelbaum and Longfellow. It features 54 recorded lectures, covering Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso, with each cantica being read in its entirety. As we approach the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death (September 14), we wanted to feature a timely resource: Teodolinda Barolini, a professor at Columbia University, has posted online a course for anyone who wishes to read Dante’s Commedia from beginning to end.
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