Rewriting Dante
Staggering in its imaginative scope, haunting in its explorations of human passion and character, Dante’s Divine Comedy is often described as the greatest poem ever written. It’s been translated many times and has been a colossal influence on English language writers. Starting with a brief overview, this course will look in detail at some of the most famous and moving episodes in translations by different modern poets and will show how Dante has influenced writers like Yeats, Eliot and Seamus Heaney. We will explore how Dante can feed your own writing and will discuss poems produced by the group. No one will be put under pressure to put work forward, though, and so the course should suit both people whose essential interest is in reading and those who want to develop their own writing skills.
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