Dante's Inferno, Canto I: On Dark Woods and Mountaintop Light

Welcome!
This video is my contribution to Day 1 of Baylor University's 100 Days of Dante Project. The goal of the 100 Days of Dante project is to read through the entire Divine Comedy together.
Let me know what you think about the project and also what you think of my thoughts on today's Canto in the comments below.
Find out more about 100 Days of Dante here: 100daysofdante...
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Syntopical Readings for Canto I:
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (www.amazon.com...)
Leaves of Grass (www.amazon.com...)
The Aeneid (www.amazon.com...)
Seneca, Moral Essays, Volume II (www.amazon.com...)
St. Petersburg Dialogues: Or Conversations on the Temporal Government of Providence (www.amazon.com...

[@lsjt8924]

Thanks! I really enjoyed this. I am using a lot of themes that overlap with Dante in a story I am writing. Though I have read Dante this helps me clarify themes and symbolism.

[@BrianDenton3]

Nice! Glad these videos help. Good luck with your writing project.

[@thomasulrich8690]

flying solo...Day 1. Thank you for helping me navigate this undertaking. It will take much bravery & perseverance, but I am excited to dive in!

[@BrianDenton3]

Happy to have you join. I’m reading all the comments and looking forward to hearing what you have to say. Have fun.

[@laurahirschfeld6393]

Yay thank you! I love your synopsis and analysis and I look forward to reading Dante with you and everyone else.

[@BrianDenton3]

Thanks. I'll do my best to keep this up and make a quality product for you and anyone else who happens upon this thing.

[@patriciagraham4529]

Thank you!

[@patriciagraham4529]

I’ll be brave

[@iamfortytwo7446]

My daughter and I started 100 Days of Dante together last week, but I just found your videos today.
Thoroughly enjoyed your commentary, and look forward to following along with you.
Thank you for your effort to share this with us. (:

[@BrianDenton3]

Thanks so much. I'm happy to learn that you and your daughter are reading Dante. I know you'll enjoy the Dante. I hope you enjoy my stuff too. As it happens, I'm putting the finishing touches on Friday's video right now. Please consider subscribing to the channel to get notifications when new videos are released.

[@penelopegough6050]

This is very interesting. I was not not aware of this so thank you. Now registered with the group and have read Canto uno

[@BrianDenton3]

I'm looking forward to hearing what you have to say about Dante. This should be fun. Thanks for watching!

[@MattUebel]

great stuff! 👍

[@pow309]

El Greco?

[@BrianDenton3]

Yes it is. Good eye.