Dante in Italian, explained in English
By Andrea Maricelli
Categories: Education, Courses, Arts, Books, Society & Culture, Philosophy
Dante's Divine Comedy, read in the original Italian and explained in English, a few lines at a time. Each passage comes first in Italian, then in a plain English translation. After that I look at how the lines sound and at the places where manuscripts and commentators disagree, naming them, from Boccaccio to today's scholars.We start with the first canto of the Inferno.I'm Andrea Maricelli, and I teach Italian and Latin in a high school in Milan. More lessons, in Italian, on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AndreaMaricelliYou can support the podcast for €2 a month in Spreaker's Supporters Club, and listen without ads: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dante-in-italian-explained-in-english--7533605/support
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