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The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[05 - Bk 1, Inferno: Canto XXI - Canto XXV. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  <br />The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.  <br />The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or “cantiche”) — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or “canti”). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.<br />The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2125</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/25eea976c2ae25b6ad599cd2e893633b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>06 - Bk 1, Inferno: Canto XXVI - Canto XXX. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  </title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/06-bk-1-inferno-canto-xxvi-canto-xxx-the-divine-comedy-by-dante-alighieri--69695806</link><description><![CDATA[06 - Bk 1, Inferno: Canto XXVI - Canto XXX. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  <br />The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.  <br />The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or “cantiche”) — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or “canti”). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.<br />The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69695806</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 23:05:08 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69695806/divinecomedy_longfellow_06_dante_64kb.mp3" length="17632932" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Popular Culture and Religion.</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>06 - Bk 1, Inferno: Canto XXVI - Canto XXX. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  
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The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[07 - Bk 1, Inferno: Canto XXXI - Canto XXXIV. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  <br />The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.  <br />The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or “cantiche”) — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or “canti”). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.<br />The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2179</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/25eea976c2ae25b6ad599cd2e893633b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>08 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto I - Canto V. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  </title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/08-bk-2-purgatory-canto-i-canto-v-the-divine-comedy-by-dante-alighieri--69695833</link><description><![CDATA[08 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto I - Canto V. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  <br />The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.  <br />The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or “cantiche”) — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or “canti”). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.<br />The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69695833</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 23:09:50 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69695833/divinecomedy_longfellow_08_dante_64kb.mp3" length="20424688" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Popular Culture and Religion.</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>08 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto I - Canto V. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  
The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[08 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto I - Canto V. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  <br />The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.  <br />The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or “cantiche”) — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or “canti”). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.<br />The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2553</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/25eea976c2ae25b6ad599cd2e893633b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>09 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto VI - Canto XI. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  </title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/09-bk-2-purgatory-canto-vi-canto-xi-the-divine-comedy-by-dante-alighieri--69695837</link><description><![CDATA[09 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto VI - Canto XI. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  <br />The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.  <br />The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or “cantiche”) — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or “canti”). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.<br />The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69695837</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 23:12:05 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69695837/divinecomedy_longfellow_09_dante_64kb.mp3" length="17920070" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Popular Culture and Religion.</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>09 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto VI - Canto XI. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  
The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[09 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto VI - Canto XI. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  <br />The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.  <br />The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or “cantiche”) — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or “canti”). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.<br />The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2240</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/25eea976c2ae25b6ad599cd2e893633b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>10 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto XII - Canto XVI. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  </title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/10-bk-2-purgatory-canto-xii-canto-xvi-the-divine-comedy-by-dante-alighieri--69695843</link><description><![CDATA[10 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto XII - Canto XVI. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  <br />The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.  <br />The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or “cantiche”) — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or “canti”). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.<br />The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69695843</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 23:14:15 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69695843/divinecomedy_longfellow_10_dante_64kb.mp3" length="15961306" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a34b4cec-de83-43aa-ab3d-a7f86dc3ca6a/a34b4cec-de83-43aa-ab3d-a7f86dc3ca6a.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a34b4cec-de83-43aa-ab3d-a7f86dc3ca6a/a34b4cec-de83-43aa-ab3d-a7f86dc3ca6a.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a34b4cec-de83-43aa-ab3d-a7f86dc3ca6a/a34b4cec-de83-43aa-ab3d-a7f86dc3ca6a.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Popular Culture and Religion.</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>10 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto XII - Canto XVI. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  
The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[10 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto XII - Canto XVI. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  <br />The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.  <br />The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or “cantiche”) — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or “canti”). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.<br />The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1996</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/25eea976c2ae25b6ad599cd2e893633b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>11 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto XVII - Canto XXI. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  </title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/11-bk-2-purgatory-canto-xvii-canto-xxi-the-divine-comedy-by-dante-alighieri--69695947</link><description><![CDATA[11 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto XVII - Canto XXI. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  <br />The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.  <br />The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or “cantiche”) — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or “canti”). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.<br />The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69695947</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 23:16:03 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69695947/divinecomedy_longfellow_11_dante_64kb.mp3" length="17053852" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/48fab109-da01-4538-8e5c-5cdd38ef83a3/48fab109-da01-4538-8e5c-5cdd38ef83a3.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/48fab109-da01-4538-8e5c-5cdd38ef83a3/48fab109-da01-4538-8e5c-5cdd38ef83a3.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/48fab109-da01-4538-8e5c-5cdd38ef83a3/48fab109-da01-4538-8e5c-5cdd38ef83a3.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Popular Culture and Religion.</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>11 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto XVII - Canto XXI. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  
The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[11 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto XVII - Canto XXI. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  <br />The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.  <br />The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or “cantiche”) — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or “canti”). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.<br />The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2132</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/25eea976c2ae25b6ad599cd2e893633b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>12 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto XXII - Canto XXVII. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  </title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/12-bk-2-purgatory-canto-xxii-canto-xxvii-the-divine-comedy-by-dante-alighieri--69695953</link><description><![CDATA[12 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto XXII - Canto XXVII. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  <br />The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.  <br />The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or “cantiche”) — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or “canti”). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.<br />The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69695953</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 23:18:05 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69695953/divinecomedy_longfellow_12_dante_64kb.mp3" length="22623578" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/99b8b45c-d002-4f3d-94d4-0ceba49a8dfe/99b8b45c-d002-4f3d-94d4-0ceba49a8dfe.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/99b8b45c-d002-4f3d-94d4-0ceba49a8dfe/99b8b45c-d002-4f3d-94d4-0ceba49a8dfe.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/99b8b45c-d002-4f3d-94d4-0ceba49a8dfe/99b8b45c-d002-4f3d-94d4-0ceba49a8dfe.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Popular Culture and Religion.</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>12 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto XXII - Canto XXVII. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  
The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[12 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto XXII - Canto XXVII. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  <br />The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.  <br />The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or “cantiche”) — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or “canti”). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.<br />The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2828</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/25eea976c2ae25b6ad599cd2e893633b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>13 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto XXVIII - Canto XXXIII. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  </title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/13-bk-2-purgatory-canto-xxviii-canto-xxxiii-the-divine-comedy-by-dante-alighieri--69696683</link><description><![CDATA[13 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto XXVIII - Canto XXXIII. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  <br />The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.  <br />The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or “cantiche”) — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or “canti”). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.<br />The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69696683</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 23:41:06 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69696683/divinecomedy_longfellow_13_dante_64kb.mp3" length="20899709" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/4bd0ba1c-cdcc-47f8-941d-10a4036b82b1/4bd0ba1c-cdcc-47f8-941d-10a4036b82b1.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/4bd0ba1c-cdcc-47f8-941d-10a4036b82b1/4bd0ba1c-cdcc-47f8-941d-10a4036b82b1.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/4bd0ba1c-cdcc-47f8-941d-10a4036b82b1/4bd0ba1c-cdcc-47f8-941d-10a4036b82b1.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Popular Culture and Religion.</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>13 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto XXVIII - Canto XXXIII. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  
The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[13 - Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto XXVIII - Canto XXXIII. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  <br />The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.  <br />The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or “cantiche”) — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or “canti”). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.<br />The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2613</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/25eea976c2ae25b6ad599cd2e893633b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>14 - Bk 3, Paradise: Canto I - Canto V. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  </title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/14-bk-3-paradise-canto-i-canto-v-the-divine-comedy-by-dante-alighieri--69696796</link><description><![CDATA[14 - Bk 3, Paradise: Canto I - Canto V. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  <br />The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.  <br />The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or “cantiche”) — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or “canti”). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.<br />The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69696796</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 23:44:01 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69696796/divinecomedy_longfellow_14_dante_64kb.mp3" length="19745502" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/61fa438d-50f3-492b-8217-b1b814b182cc/61fa438d-50f3-492b-8217-b1b814b182cc.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/61fa438d-50f3-492b-8217-b1b814b182cc/61fa438d-50f3-492b-8217-b1b814b182cc.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/61fa438d-50f3-492b-8217-b1b814b182cc/61fa438d-50f3-492b-8217-b1b814b182cc.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Popular Culture and Religion.</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>14 - Bk 3, Paradise: Canto I - Canto V. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  
The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[14 - Bk 3, Paradise: Canto I - Canto V. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  <br />The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.  <br />The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or “cantiche”) — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or “canti”). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.<br />The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2469</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/25eea976c2ae25b6ad599cd2e893633b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>15 - Bk 3, Paradise: Canto VI - Canto XI. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  </title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/15-bk-3-paradise-canto-vi-canto-xi-the-divine-comedy-by-dante-alighieri--69696812</link><description><![CDATA[15 - Bk 3, Paradise: Canto VI - Canto XI. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  <br />The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.  <br />The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or “cantiche”) — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or “canti”). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.<br />The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69696812</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 23:46:25 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69696812/divinecomedy_longfellow_15_dante_64kb.mp3" length="18508345" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/80972312-9c5b-4bbd-ad4e-f9e7db7e92c2/80972312-9c5b-4bbd-ad4e-f9e7db7e92c2.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/80972312-9c5b-4bbd-ad4e-f9e7db7e92c2/80972312-9c5b-4bbd-ad4e-f9e7db7e92c2.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/80972312-9c5b-4bbd-ad4e-f9e7db7e92c2/80972312-9c5b-4bbd-ad4e-f9e7db7e92c2.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Popular Culture and Religion.</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>15 - Bk 3, Paradise: Canto VI - Canto XI. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  
The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[15 - Bk 3, Paradise: Canto VI - Canto XI. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  <br />The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.  <br />The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or “cantiche”) — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or “canti”). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.<br />The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2314</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/25eea976c2ae25b6ad599cd2e893633b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>16 - Bk 3, Paradise: Canto XII - Canto XVI. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  </title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/16-bk-3-paradise-canto-xii-canto-xvi-the-divine-comedy-by-dante-alighieri--69696821</link><description><![CDATA[16 - Bk 3, Paradise: Canto XII - Canto XVI. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  <br />The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.  <br />The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or “cantiche”) — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or “canti”). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.<br />The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69696821</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 23:49:04 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69696821/divinecomedy_longfellow_16_dante_64kb.mp3" length="15483994" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2f2655e2-79ba-49bb-b72d-cbe9088f16e0/2f2655e2-79ba-49bb-b72d-cbe9088f16e0.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2f2655e2-79ba-49bb-b72d-cbe9088f16e0/2f2655e2-79ba-49bb-b72d-cbe9088f16e0.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2f2655e2-79ba-49bb-b72d-cbe9088f16e0/2f2655e2-79ba-49bb-b72d-cbe9088f16e0.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Popular Culture and Religion.</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>16 - Bk 3, Paradise: Canto XII - Canto XVI. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  
The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[16 - Bk 3, Paradise: Canto XII - Canto XVI. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  <br />The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.  <br />The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or “cantiche”) — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or “canti”). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.<br />The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1936</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/25eea976c2ae25b6ad599cd2e893633b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>17 - Bk 3, Paradise: Canto XVII - Canto XXI. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  </title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/17-bk-3-paradise-canto-xvii-canto-xxi-the-divine-comedy-by-dante-alighieri--69696837</link><description><![CDATA[17 - Bk 3, Paradise: Canto XVII - Canto XXI. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  <br />The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.  <br />The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or “cantiche”) — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or “canti”). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100.<br />The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69696837</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 23:53:07 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69696837/divinecomedy_longfellow_17_dante_64kb.mp3" length="19126303" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/9f977485-3948-4e3b-a1fe-c1f5ad519968/9f977485-3948-4e3b-a1fe-c1f5ad519968.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/9f977485-3948-4e3b-a1fe-c1f5ad519968/9f977485-3948-4e3b-a1fe-c1f5ad519968.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/9f977485-3948-4e3b-a1fe-c1f5ad519968/9f977485-3948-4e3b-a1fe-c1f5ad519968.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Popular Culture and Religion.</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>17 - Bk 3, Paradise: Canto XVII - Canto XXI. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.  
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