EVERY Character In Dante's Inferno Explained
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
- Dante's Divine Comedy, and especially the Inferno, is one of the most well known pieces of medieval literature. Even those who have never read it likely recognise the name. But reading it can be a little frustrating if you aren't an early 14th century Italian, because the work is chock full of references to characters, some of whom are very obscure to most normal people. NEVER FEAR!!!! THAT'S WHY I AM HERE!!! Sit back and relax as I go through the Inferno and shout names at you, along with brief descriptions of who the hell these people are and why Dante thinks they deserve to be dunked in God-knows-what and harassed by God-knows-who. If I don't go absolutely insane first, I will also make videos on Purgatorio and Paradiso in the future, so don't forget to SMASH that subscribe button and RING-A-DING that bell... I'm very tired...
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Works cited and recommendations for further reading:
-Barański, Zygmunt G., Simon A Gilson, eds. The Cambridge Companion to Dante's 'Commedia' (Cambridge University Press, 2018).
-Durling, Robert M. ed.&trans., Ronald L. Martinez, ed. The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri. Vol. 1, Inferno (Oxford University Press, 1996) [includes the original Italian with facing translation, extensive notes and commentary, as well as a hefty bibliography].
-Jacoff, Rachel, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Dante (Cambridge University Press, 2007).
-MacKinnon, Patricia L. "The Analogy of the Body Politic in Saint Augustine, Dante, Petrarch, and Ariosto." Ph.D Thesis, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1988.
-Papio, Michael, trans. Boccaccio's Expositions on Dante's Comedy (University of Toronto Press, 2009) [Some of our only information on a number of the characters in the Divine Comedy comes from Boccaccio's 1370s commentary. It's definitely worth a read if you're interested in a deeper dive].
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This is wonderful! Thank you for making the effort to pronounce the Italian so well; auguri!
And here I was ready to apologize for my pronunciation
I may have to read this again now that Im older and know who at least some of these people are! I read it decades ago in school for an assignment and got nothing from it because I had zero clue who he was talking about. Thanks for posting!
Love your videos. youtube needs much more concise, informative history videos without the annoying "youtube editing" tropes
This was both interesting and fun. I had read The Divine Comedy many years ago but was considering reading it again, so this will be very helpful. Thanks!
Found this very helpful- thanks for your tenacity!
Very interesting and informative. Love your videos!
Very interesting, and detailed. Other then the Dan Brown book,i knew nothing of this. Now I'm intrigued. Need to see more. Thank you
Your videos are very enjoyable.
Many thanks for your work from Germany
35:03 I was really expecting an Office reference in here. Fun video though.
I was very close to putting a picture of Steve Carell
Marvellous.
I can't help think what level Trump will end up. Listening to your description he belongs on so many levels. I guess he will just go to the bottom.
Traitor to his country sounds about right
What do you think of the Jacque le Goff claims in The Birth of the Purgatory? I know it's a bit old and annales academia
Thanks for making this. I'll be honest, I fucking hate the premise of the divine comedy. The idea of someone presuming to have knowledge of the afterlife and allotting to themselves the authority to meet out divine justice is as sacrilegious as it is nauseatingly self-righteous. Dante just comes off as the biggest piece of shit, coping with his own failures by creating a fantasy where he gets to pass judgement on everyone and their grandmother. Even so, learning about the historical context of it all is a lot of fun. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
Should I read it in Italian? (I donʼt speak Italian)
You probably wouldn't get a whole lot out of it then. Just my hunch
@@studiumhistoriae yeah appreciate it. I only understand Latin so Italian would be too difficult perhaps..
Its hard to understand from a secular persepective because back then, the concept of secularizm in government did not exist.....gov. and religion were inseperable....
Aristotle was actually a Macedonian.