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The Melancholic's Almanac presents Dante's Inferno, Canto by Canto

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Damned Love: Canto V of Dante's Inferno 21.04.2022 26:39

Paolo and Francesca da Rimini by British artist and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti , painted in 1855. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themelancholicsalmanac.substack.com

Lust: Canto 5 of Dante's Inferno (Part 1) 12.04.2022 33:25

There is no greater pain than to remember, in our present grief, past happiness. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themelancholicsalmanac.substack.com

Limbo: Reading Canto IV of Dante's INFERNO 04.04.2022 30:44

For this defect and for no other guilt, we here are lost. In this alone we suffer: Cut off from hope, we live on in desire. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themelancholicsalmanac.substack.com

Backgrounds: Dante's Letter to Can Grande and the Divine Comedy 28.03.2022 25:33

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Canto III: Hope Abandoned and the Hell of Neutrality 23.03.2022 28:12

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Canto II: The Pilgrim begins to waver 13.03.2022 36:27

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Reading the first canto of Inferno 11.03.2022 40:53

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