{"num_reviews":1,"url":"https://tanbooks.com/products/books/dantes-inferno-mp3-audio-course-download/","add_this":[{"service":"","annotation":""}],"gtin":null,"id":"2691","can_purchase":true,"meta_description":"Equip your homeschool curriculum with the rich tapestry of Dante's Divine Comedy and Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. 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Romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850) referred to Dante's crowned \"visionary brow.\" Irish novelist James Joyce (1882-1941) said \"Dante is my spiritual food!\" Pope Benedict XV (1854-1922) called Dante \"the most eloquent singer of the Christian idea.\" Even the 20th century literary critic T.S. Eliot (1888-1965) famously wrote that \"Shakespeare and Dante divide the world between them, there is no third.\"</span><br /><br /><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Yet today this great poem is often dismissed by modern scholars for its unabashed Catholic theology and deep spiritual vision. Shrug off these skeptical scholars disdain and discover for yourself the true grandeur, Christian nature, and sheer artistry of Dante's <em>Divine Comedy</em>.</span></div>\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\n<div><center><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>LECTURES</strong></span></center></div>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Cantos 1&ndash;3: Where Are You Going, Traveler?</strong></span><br /><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dante, bewildered in sin, meets Virgil, sent to him by Beatrice. Together, they enter the terrible gates of Hell.<br /><br /></span></span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Cantos 4&ndash;8: Loving Good Things in an Evil Way</strong></span><br /><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dante and Virgil, after meeting the virtuous pagans in Limbo, the rim of Hell, meet the adulterers, gluttons, avaricious, wrathful, and slothful.<br /><br /></span></span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Cantos 9&ndash;12: Intellectual Terror</strong></span><br /><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virgil and Dante enter the first ring of the City of Dis, which includes the materialist heretics, who reveal to us the terrible constriction of the intellect entailed by sin.<br /><br /></span></span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Cantos 13&ndash;17: A World of Violence</strong></span><br /><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dante and Virgil encounter the violent against self, God, Nature, and human industry. These are not simply murderers -- they are suicides, blasphemers, sodomites, and usurers.<br /><br /></span></span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Cantos 18&ndash;22: Liars and All Such Filth</strong></span><br /><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dante and Virgil travel through the Malebolge, the pouches of evil on the eighth circle of Hell where they meet various practitioners of fraud, including seducers, simonists, and grafters.<br /><br /></span></span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Cantos 23&ndash;27: The Fire of a Perverted Mind</strong></span><br /><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As they continue around the Malebolge, Dante and Virgil journey past those who used their intellects to deceive: hypocrites, thieves, and evil counselors.<br /><br /></span></span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Cantos 28&ndash;31: Destroying the Community of Man</strong></span><br /><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the ninth pouch, Virgil and Dante find the schismatics, who are punished by division in their bodies. In the final pouch, they meet the counterfeiters who are punished by disease.<br /><br /></span></span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Cantos 32&ndash;34: When Hell Freezes Over</strong></span><br /><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dante and Virgil come to the very last circle of Hell, and encounter the impotence of evil in the frozen pit where the Father of Lies is trapped in ice.<br /><br /></span></span></li>\n</ol>\n<div><a id=\"sample_video\"></a><center><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>LECTURE SAMPLE</strong></span></center>\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\n<script src=\"https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/a3tpq79qbe.jsonp\" async=\"\"></script>\n<script src=\"https://fast.wistia.com/assets/external/E-v1.js\" async=\"\"></script>\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_a3tpq79qbe seo=false videoFoam=true\" style=\"height: 100%; position: relative; width: 100%;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_swatch\" style=\"height: 100%; left: 0; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0; transition: opacity 200ms; width: 100%;\"><img style=\"filter: blur(5px); height: 100%; object-fit: contain; width: 100%;\" src=\"https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/a3tpq79qbe/swatch\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" /></div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\n<div><center><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>YOUR EXPERT GUIDE</strong></span></center></div>\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Just as Dante needed Virgil to lead him through the bowels of Hell, you also need a true and trustworthy guide. Dr. Anthony Esolen serves as your Virgil in this course on the <em>Inferno</em>, the first canticle of the <em>Divine Comedy</em>. An expert who has taught Dante to college students for more than twenty years, Professor Esolen is also the preeminent modern translator of the entire <em>Divine Comedy</em> from the original Italian.</span><br /><br /><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">With Professor Esolen you will enter the terrible gates of Hell and progress level by infernal level to its diabolical depths. Professor Esolen places a special emphasis on the drama of the poem, leading you through each canto in succession. Along the way, he will highlight Dante's astonishing human and theological insights and discuss the destiny of man, how to find our way out of the wilderness of sin, the relationship between love and knowledge, and the integral unity between body and soul.</span><br /><br /><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Professor Esolen will more than satisfy your curiosity about Hell and the fate of the damned. He will reveal in all its starkness the horror of sin, and awaken in your heart a longing for divine love.</span></div>\n<p>\n<script src=\"https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/swe3663mu2.jsonp\" async=\"\"></script>\n<script src=\"https://fast.wistia.com/assets/external/E-v1.js\" async=\"\"></script>\n</p>\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_swe3663mu2 seo=false videoFoam=true\" style=\"height: 100%; position: relative; width: 100%;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_swatch\" style=\"height: 100%; left: 0; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0; transition: opacity 200ms; width: 100%;\"><img style=\"filter: blur(5px); height: 100%; object-fit: contain; width: 100%;\" src=\"https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/swe3663mu2/swatch\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" /></div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\n<div><center><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>HOMESCHOOLING PRODUCTS</strong></span></center>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Homeschooling Set includes the Streaming Video and Homeschooling Course Guide. Each Course Guide contains everything needed for a student to complete the course, including:</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Lesson Plan</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Quizzes</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Final Essay</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Lecture Notes</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Answer Key</span></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n<p style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 14px; caret-color: #808080; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><br /><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">MEET YOUR PROFESSOR</span></strong></span></span></p>\n<p style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 14px; caret-color: #808080; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><img src=\"https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-iuax7bpgx3/product_images/uploaded_images/anthony-esolen.jpg?t=1656039160\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"313\" /></strong></span></span></p>\n<p style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 14px; caret-color: #808080; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dr. Anthony Esolen is a writer, social commentator, translator of classical poetry, and Writer-in-Residence at Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts. He taught at Furman University and Providence College before transferring to the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in 2017 and Magdalen in 2019.</span></span><br /><br /><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dr. Esolen has translated into English Dante&rsquo;s <em>Divine Comedy</em>, Lucretius&rsquo; <em>On the Nature of Things</em>, and Torquato Tasso&rsquo;s <em>Jerusalem Delivered</em>. He is the author of numerous books and articles in such publications as <em>The Modern Age, The Catholic World Report, Chronicles, The Claremont Review of Books, The Public Discourse, First Things, Crisis Magazine, The Catholic Thing</em>, and <em>Touchstone</em>, for which he serves as a senior editor. 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