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The course "Dante and the Divine Comedy" in the "Radio Arzamas" app. Part 1: https://arzamas.academy/radio/announc... Part 2: https://arzamas.academy/radio/announc... Part 3: https://arzamas.academy/radio/announc... Are Dante's heaven and hell similar to the real ones? And why is purgatory needed? What language did Dante write in? How to travel with Dante? How is Beatrice better than Dante? Why is Beatrice known and respected even by those who have never read about her? Why did Dante inspire so many poets? How is Dante different in life from the Dante in his own poem? Why was the poet, beloved by the people during his lifetime, sentenced to death in his hometown? Why does Dante need guides through the afterlife, and why is the main one the inhabitant of hell Virgil? Olga Sedakova, a poet, philologist, theologian and translator, answers all these and other questions in her lectures. She is the author of a new, non-poetical and commented translation of The Divine Comedy. She is a laureate of the Dante Alighieri Prize. You can listen to all the lectures by subscribing to the Radio Arzamas app. There are 14 of them in the course: 1. How Dante Created the Italian Language 2. The Artistic Language of The Divine Comedy 3. The Architecture of Hell 4. What Happens in Purgatory 5. Is Dante's Paradise Similar to the Real One 6. Dante as the Author and as the Hero of The Divine Comedy 7. Dante's Guides to the Afterlife. Virgil. 8. Beatrice — Dante's beloved in real life 9. Beatrice in the Divine Comedy 10. Dante and politics 11. Dante's poetic mastery 12. What do Mayakovsky, Blok, Brodsky and Mandelstam have in common with Dante 13. What did Dante read and love 14. Old and new translations of the Divine Comedy More about Dante on Arzamas: Which circle of Dante's hell will you end up in? Funny test https://arzamas.academy/mag/876-hell_... 7 secrets of Dante's "Hell" https://arzamas.academy/mag/423-dante Medieval literature: the main books in one table https://arzamas.academy/mag/742-mdvl Comparative table of geniuses https://arzamas.academy/materials/1035 *** Arzamas is an educational project about the history of culture https://arzamas.academy/. You can listen to our courses and podcasts in the "Radio Arzamas" app http://arzamas.academy/radio. And in order not to miss new materials, follow us on social networks: Instagram: / arzamas.academy FB: / arzamas.academy VK: https://vk.com/arzamas.academy Twitter: / arzamas_academy Telegram: https://t.me/ArzamasLive