![]() To mark the “Year of Dante” in 2021, Arnone, a retired Catholic high school principal from Turin, Italy, is leading a YouTube lecture series titled “Walking with Dante” to accompany 21st-century readers of “The Divine Comedy.”Īhead of the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death on September 14, 2021, Angelus spoke to Arnone, who credits Dante with helping him “re-understand” the meaning of his own life, about how the poet’s reflections on freedom, happiness, and true love can help guide readers through their own journey “out of the woods.” ![]() ![]() Thus begins “The Divine Comedy,” the three-part epic poem that has enshrined Dante Alighieri as one of Western civilization’s greatest writers.įor centuries, scholars like Vincenzo Arnone have dedicated much of their life’s work to further understanding the literary, historical, and spiritual genius behind each of the poem’s 15,000 lines. Fleeing, he meets the ghost of a poet who died 12 centuries earlier, and together they set off on a journey that brings him through hell, purgatory, and paradise. He tries to climb a mountain, but three beasts block his path. ![]()
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