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EPISODE · Mar 19, 2026 · 59 MIN

Dante's Inferno | The Divine Comedy (1321-ish)

from The Literature Humanities Radio Hour on WKCR 89.9FM: Literary Classics in Conversation · host thomaspreston

Thomas, Katrina & Larry join to discuss Dante Alighieri's Inferno, published after Dante's exile from Florence in the early 13th Century. They discuss the text's allegorical and richly intertextual opening passages, the Ancient Greek philosophical basis of this Roman Catholic text, and its metanarrative commentary on reading and interpreting.

Thomas, Katrina & Larry join to discuss Dante Alighieri's Inferno, published after Dante's exile from Florence in the early 13th Century. They discuss the text's allegorical and richly intertextual opening passages, the Ancient Greek philosophical basis of this Roman Catholic text, and its metanarrative commentary on reading and interpreting.

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