Earlier in this series: Why Read Dante How to Read Dante Introduction Dante himself has multiple guides throughout his Comedy, and part of his point is that our souls need assistance on their journeys from perdition (the state of being lost) to salvation. We cannot save ourselves (perhaps an unpopular idea for all times and…

<< Reading Journal Home Next entry >> The reading journey begins! Your own comments and personal reactions are invited. If you’d like to contribute to this series, contact me. N.B.: I’ll be using the Pinsky translation. I encourage you to find whichever translation works for you. See How to Read Dante for an explanation of…

Skip right to the Dante Reading Journal If you’re the studious type and feel inspired by my previous post or for your own reasons to do a celebratory 750th anniversary reading of Dante’s Divine Comedy, you might quickly find yourself awash in translations and guides and biographies and not know quite where to start. I…