The Dante Curriculum
The Dante Curriculum
Video Course
Taught by Joe Carlson
Have you ever heard the sounds of Hell? Or tasted the sharp sweetness of sanctification? Or seen the dancing wheels of Heaven, and felt the warmth of blessedness on your eyes? Dante’s journey from the dark wood to the face of God is a journey you will never forget.
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I · ReadThe Text
II · StudyThe Reader’s Guides
III · Learn · You are hereThe Video Course
III · TeachThe Teacher’s EditionOr all of it in one order: the Complete Curriculum, with the Interlinear, the eBooks and the audiobooks.
The whole Comedy, taught
The Dante Curriculum Video Course is a comprehensive journey through all of Dante’s Divine Comedy, taught by poet and translator of the Divine Comedy, Joe Carlson.
Twenty-six lectures, almost 10 hours, with streaming access for as long as you own it. Watch together as a class, or let students watch on their own.
Twenty-six lectures
Total running time 9 hours 48 minutes.
- 01Introduction to the Comedy · 45 min
- 02Introduction to Inferno · 37 min
- 03Inferno 1–5 · 19 min
- 04Inferno 6–11 · 20 min
- 05Inferno 12–18 · 20 min
- 06Inferno 19–23 · 17 min
- 07Inferno 24–28 · 19 min
- 08Inferno 29–34 · 23 min
- 09Introduction to Purgatorio · 41 min
- 10Purgatorio 1–4 · 19 min
- 11Purgatorio 5–9 · 20 min
- 12Purgatorio 10–14 · 17 min
- 13Purgatorio 15–19 · 19 min
- 14Purgatorio 20–24 · 18 min
- 15Purgatorio 25–29 · 19 min
- 16Purgatorio 30–33 · 22 min
- 17Introduction to Paradiso · 41 min
- 18Paradiso 1–5 · 20 min
- 19Paradiso 6–9 · 19 min
- 20Paradiso 10–13 · 19 min
- 21Paradiso 14–17 · 26 min
- 22Paradiso 18–22 · 20 min
- 23Paradiso 23–26 · 21 min
- 24Paradiso 27–30 · 20 min
- 25Paradiso 31–33 · 20 min
- 26Epilogue · 7 min
PlayTeaching the Comedy
Recapturing the delight in Dante’s vision: a webinar with Joe Carlson.
Dr. Joe Carlson
Joe Carlson holds a BA in Liberal Arts and Culture from New Saint Andrews College, and an MA in Humanities and a PhD in Literature from the University of Dallas. He is a Senior Editor with Roman Roads Press and a Literature professor at New Saint Andrews College.
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The poem in one volume or three, a guide to every canto, the lectures, the Teacher’s Edition, an interlinear, audiobooks read by the translator, and all of Dante’s prose. The most complete Dante in English, in one place.