Gerusalemme liberata- Torquato Tasso  (1581) So soon after having finished the Divine Comedy, I was reluctant to involve myself with another epic poem in archaic Italian. But

Paradiso- Dante  (1321) Got busy on the translation this month and finished the third book (canticle) of the Dante’s Divine Comedy.  But because there are so

Paradiso- Dante  (1321) Continuing through the third book (canticle) of the Dante’s Divine Comedy.  Canto 19 The sixth sphere: Jupiter- justice The souls, still in the arrangement of

Paradiso- Dante  (1321) Continuing through the third book (canticle) of the Dante’s Divine Comedy.  Canto 13 The fourth sphere: the Sun- the wise, cont. Dante kicks the canto

Paradiso- Dante  (1321) Continuing through the third book (canticle) of the Dante’s Divine Comedy.  Canto 9  The third sphere: Venus cont. Dante begins the canto addressing “Clemence”, which

Paradiso- Dante  (1321) continuing through the third book (canticle) of the Dante’s Divine Comedy.  Canto 5  The first sphere: the moon, then to the second sphere: Mercury. Beatrice

Paradiso- Dante  (1321) On to the third book (section) of the Dante’s Divine Comedy.  Canto 1  Prologue and ascent to the first sphere. This first canto is divided into

Purgatorio- Dante  (1321) Somewhat to my surprise, I got a lot further than I had in any previous month since I started, and actually finished the

Purgatorio- Dante  (1321) Continuing through Purgatorio  Canto 22Level 6: gluttonyThe canto starts with the entrance to the sixth level, and while Virgil, Dante, and Statius climb, Virgil

Purgatorio- Dante  (1321) Continuing through Purgatorio  Canto 19  Level 5: avarice Actually still on the fourth level at the start, Dante has a dream of a Siren, who is