Inferno || Canto 28, Canto 29, Canto 30, Canto 31 || From The Divine Comedy

Canto 28, Canto 29, Canto 30 and Canto 31 of Dante's epic poem The Inferno, read aloud. The video includes Longfellow's line-by-line annotations, and classic fine art spanning centuries illustrating the manuscript.
In these Cantos, Dante and Virgil visit the final two bolges of the eighth circle of hell. The eighth circle punishes liars of every stripe. The first of these two subdivisions punish those who put a schism between two factions, religions, or even family members. The final one represents essentially "the rest": the counterfeiters, impersonators, and those who give false testimony. Then, ready to move on to the final circle of hell, Dante and Virgil cross the field of giants, and are gently lowered to Cocytus.
In this read aloud version of one of the pillars of all literature, we journey with Dante through the punishments of the underworld, as told over 700 years ago. In addition to the audiobook, we'll be including as many of Longfellow's footnotes as possible, plus a few notes by the narrator (Longfellow doesn't always explain who all the namedropped ancient philosophers are). The video features artworks spanning the centuries, from ancient Greek sculpture through modern day video games.
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Inferno ebook: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1004
Divine Comedy physical edition: bookshop.org/p/books/the-divi...
Longfellow's footnotes: en.wikisource.org/wiki/Divine...
Physical edition, Ciardi translation: bookshop.org/p/books/the-divi...
Want to start The Inferno from the beginning? • Inferno
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[@ropeburnsrussell]

I feel guilty and embarrassed, this series intimidates me, so I have not been listening or commenting. It's a shameful way to treat you and I apologize.

[@annabellreads]

No worries. This is the 2nd to last one! I just wanted something I could pre-record for the summer.

[@ropeburnsrussell]

@@annabellreads I knew you'd say that, but I do feel a bit disloyal. I hope you had a good summer.

[@annabellreads]

@@ropeburnsrussell It was fun and exhausting! And I'm excited to get back to it. But also, exhausted.