This class will introduce students to the power of Dante’s story for life right here, right now. The Divine Comedy is not an ancient, dead text but rather is alive and well, inviting readers to pursue the examined life with a spirit of serious joy. We will explore C. S. Lewis’s A Grief Observed as an exercise in preparation for joining Dante’s pilgrimage. The following three classes will introduce Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso respectively.
