Ergebnis für "Dante's Indiana" in Literatur & Belletristik

Professors Cook and Herzman provide you with an illuminating introduction to one of the greatest works ever written. One of the most profound and satisfying of all poems, The Divine Comedy (or Commedia) of Dante Alighieri is a book for life. In a brilliantly constructed narrative of his imaginary guided pilgrimage through the three realms of the Christian afterlife, Dante accomplished a literary task of astonishing complexity. In these twenty-four lectures, as you follow Dante on his journey, you'll learn how medieval literature offers insights into fundamental questions.

With Professor Esolen you will enter the terrible gates of Hell and progress level by infernal level to its diabolical depths. Professor Esolen places a special emphasis on the drama of the poem, leading you through each canto in succession. Professor Esolen will more than satisfy your curiosity about Hell and the fate of the damned. He will reveal in all its starkness the horror of sin and awaken in your heart a longing for divine love.

“The name is Jones. Indiana Jones.” He’s back. Everyone’s favorite globe-trotting, tomb-raiding, wisecracking archaeologist is finally at it again. Now it’s 1957, the atomic age is in full swing, and McCarthy-era paranoia has the nation on edge. But for Indiana Jones, the Cold War...

This original and refreshingly different dramatisation follows Dante, "lost in a dark wood", who is met by Virgil, who takes him on a tour of the underworld: a place he could end up if he decides to take his own life. Corin Redgrave is the voice of Dante.

Früher war er Dante, jetzt nennt er sich nur noch Drax: Der Boxer, der gerade aus dem Knast entlassen wurde und der aufgrund seiner inneren Wut keinen Job lange behalten kann. Als er das Angebot bekommt, an illegalen Straßenkämpfen teilzunehmen, erwartet er nicht viel. Doch dann trifft er auf seinen neuen Boss Grant King, der seine ganze Welt auf den Kopf stellt und Unglaubliches mit seinen Gefühlen anstellt. Grant braucht eigentlich nur einen neuen Boxer für seine Fights. Dann lernt er Drax kennen: Ein hervorragender Boxer, hetero und verschlossen.

Robert Pinsky's new verse translation of the Inferno makes it clear to the contemporary listener, as no other in English has done, why Dante is universally considered a poet of great power, intensity, and strength. This critically acclaimed translation was awarded the Los Angeles Times Book...