Thursday, 10 p.m. DANTE: INFERNO TO PARADISE – documentary
Exploring the life and times of Dante Alighieri, his poem The Divine Comedy, and the influence of his works on literary history; Dante managed to compose the poem under compromising circumstances; discovering how it has been transmitted through time.
Dante: From Inferno to Paradise
Part 1 – The Inferno – Explore the historical background of medieval Florence from 1216 to Dante’s birth in 1265, dramatic details of Dante’s childhood, education, and early literary and political career, culminating in his exile in 1302, and his decision to begin the Divine Comedy in 1306.
The Divine Comedy is an Italian narrative poem about the afterlife that took Dante 13 years to write. It is widely considered the most important work of Italian literature and one of the greatest works of Western literature. It consists of 14,233 lines divided into three parts – Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory)And paradise (Paradise).
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