Reading Plan for Dante’s Divine Comedy
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Dante,
Anthony Esolen (tr.), Inferno |
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To page |
Date Due |
#pages |
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Appendices A,
B, C. |
363 |
394 |
Feb
14, 2011 |
32 |
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Cantos 1-2
Lost in the dark wood; Virgil sent by the three ladies; 3 Gates of hell,
trimmers, Charon; 4 Limbo |
3 |
41 |
Feb
14, 2011 |
20 |
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5 Minos,
Paolo and Francesca; 6 Gluttonous; 7-8 Wrathful and Sullen, Filippo Argenti;
8-9 City of Dis |
43 |
95 |
Feb
16, 2011 |
27 |
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Cantos 10
Heretics, Farinata and Cavalcante; 12 Murderers; 13 Suicides; 14 Blasphemers |
97 |
147 |
Feb
28, 2011 |
26 |
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Esolen’s
introduction to Inferno |
xi |
xxv |
Feb
28, 2011 |
15 |
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15-16 Bruno
Latini; 17 Usury; 19 Nicholas III mistakes Dante for Boniface VIII |
149 |
201 |
Mar
2, 2011 |
27 |
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20 Diviners;
21 Harrowing of Hell, demons try to deceive Virgil; hypocrites; 24-25
thieves/serpents |
203 |
263 |
Mar
7, 2011 |
31 |
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26 evil
counselors Ulysses and Diomedes |
265 |
273 |
Mar
9, 2011 |
5 |
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27 Guido da
Montefaltro; 28 schismatics; Geri del Bello; 29-30 falsifiers, impostors; 30
Master Adam and Sinon; 31-34 Traitors; 32-33 Caina, Ugolino and Ruggieri |
275 |
349 |
Mar
14, 2011 |
38 |
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34 Satan with
Judas, Brutus, and Cassius in his mouths; climb down Satan and exit Hell |
351 |
361 |
Mar
16, 2011 |
6 |
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Dante,
Anthony Esolen (tr.), Purgatory |
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Cantos 1
Cato, a reed belt; 2 angelic boatman, Casella’s song; 3 Manfred
(excommunicate); 4 Belacqua (negligent); 5 Montefeltro (violent end), La Pia;
6-8 Valley of Rulers, Sordello (friend to Virgil); 9 the Porter and the Gate |
3 |
103 |
Mar
21, 2011 |
51 |
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Esolen’s
introduction to Purgatory |
xiii |
xxxiii |
Mar
23, 2011 |
21 |
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Cantos 10-12
Ring of Pride |
105 |
135 |
Mar
28, 2011 |
16 |
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Cantos 13-14
Ring of Envy; 15-16 Ring of Wrath |
137 |
167 |
Mar
28, 2011 |
16 |
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Central Cantos: 16 Mark the
Lombard on freedom; 17 nature of sin; 18 the soul’s loves |
169 |
199 |
Mar
30, 2011 |
16 |
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Cantos 19-21
Ring of Avarice; 19 Pope Adrian V; 20 Hugh Capet; 21-22 Statius (fellow
poet), purgation a matter of freedom; 22-24 Ring of Gluttony |
201 |
265 |
Apr
4, 2011 |
33 |
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Appendices A
and B: Aquinas |
369 |
380 |
Apr
6, 2011 |
12 |
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Appendix E:
Prayers; also, in Inferno,
Appendices D, E, F |
407 |
409 |
Apr
6, 2011 |
3 |
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Cantos 25-27
Ring of Lust; 25 Statius on body and soul; 26 Arnaut Daniel |
267 |
297 |
Apr
11, 2011 |
16 |
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Appendices C
and D: Poetry and Purgatory |
381 |
406 |
Apr
11, 2011 |
26 |
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Cantos 28-33
Earthly Paradise; 28 Matelda; 29 the Pageant; 30 Beatrice replaces Virgil; 31
contrition and Lethe; 32-33 Church and Empire, wrong and right |
299 |
367 |
Apr
13, 2011 |
35 |
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Dante,
Anthony Esolen (tr.), Paradise |
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Cantos 1
take-off; 2 I:
The Moon; 3 Piccarda and Constance; 5-6 II: Mercury: Justinian and politics,
7.113 Incarnation: the Magnificent Process |
3 |
73 |
Apr
25, 2011 |
36 |
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Cantos 8 III: Venus: Charles
Martel; 9 other lovers, money vs. gospel |
75 |
97 |
Apr
27, 2011 |
12 |
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Canto 10: IV: The Sun:
Aquinas, the dozen philosophers; 11: Thomas tells the story of Francis |
99 |
121 |
May
2, 2011 |
12 |
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Esolen’s
introduction to Paradise |
xi |
xlv |
May
4, 2011 |
35 |
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Canto 12: a
second dozen, Bonaventure tells the story of Dominic, ascent to God; 13: The
wisest man, rashness of human judgment |
123 |
143 |
May
9, 2011 |
11 |
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Canto 14:
Solomon on the resurrection; V: Mars: pageant of the Cross; 15: Cacciaguida and courtly
virtue; 16: Florentine politics; 17: Dante’s future exile and present
mission; 18: blessed warriors; ascent to VI Jupiter 19: pageant of the Eagle of
Justice |
145 |
209 |
May
11, 2011 |
33 |
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Appendices C
& D: Poetry of Thomas and Francis |
377 |
388 |
May
16, 2011 |
12 |
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Canto 20: six
righteous kings, Ripheus and predestination; 21: VII: Saturn: the Divine Ladder, cosmic
harmony; 22: St. Benedict; ascent to VIII: The Fixed Stars |
211 |
243 |
May
18, 2011 |
17 |
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Chesterton, Everlasting Man |
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Intro, I Man in the Cave |
7 |
39 |
Sep 8, 2010 |
33 |
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II Professors and
Prehistorics |
40 |
55 |
Sep 8, 2010 |
16 |
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III Antiquity of
Civilization |
56 |
81 |
Sep 15, 2010 |
26 |
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IV God & Comparative
Religion |
82 |
100 |
Sep 15, 2010 |
19 |
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V Man & Mythologies |
101 |
115 |
Sep 29, 2010 |
15 |
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VI Demons &
Philosophers |
116 |
136 |
Sep 29, 2010 |
21 |
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VII War of Gods &
Demons |
137 |
150 |
Oct 25, 2010 |
14 |
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VIII End of the World |
151 |
165 |
Nov 1, 2010 |
15 |
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I God in the Cave (for Christmas) |
169 |
185 |
Jan 13, 2011 |
17 |
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II Riddles of the Gospel |
186 |
198 |
Feb 9, 2011 |
13 |
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III Strangest Story in
the World |
199 |
213 |
Mar 28, 2011 |
15 |
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IV Witness of the
Heretics |
214 |
231 |
Apr 4, 2011 |
18 |
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V Escape from Paganism |
232 |
249 |
Apr 11, 2011 |
18 |
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VI Five Deaths of the
Faith |
250 |
261 |
Apr 25, 2011 |
12 |
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Conclusion, Appendices |
262 |
276 |
May 2, 2011 |
15 |