cintinative Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 (edited) https://tanbooks.com/products/programs/catholic-courses/literature/dantes-inferno-a-study-on-part-i-of-the-divine-comedy/ It showed up free yesterday and today. Caveats: I have not watched these, but Anthony Esolen was a recommended source to me (by Angelina Stanford). I don't know anything about this publisher. The publisher is Catholic if that matters. Edited December 4, 2022 by cintinative 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilaclady Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Thank you for posting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Keeper Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Thanks, Cinti.! Looking forward to these lectures; I've heard good things about Esolen, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted December 9, 2022 Author Share Posted December 9, 2022 still available!! @ScoutTN? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 Thank you, @cintinative! How do you plan to use this in your homeschool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted December 11, 2022 Author Share Posted December 11, 2022 (edited) 23 minutes ago, WTM said: Thank you, @cintinative! How do you plan to use this in your homeschool? I am trying to read through the Inferno myself first. I got the guidebook from Roman Roads. I was struggling with the introduction to the text where it talked about medieval cosmology (symbolism of the planets, etc. ) so I emailed Angelina Stanford, who recommended Anthony Esolen's lectures and some of the talks by Cumbee (corrected spelling) on the House of Humane Letters site. So I did some googling, and this came up, and it was free . . . 😃 Basically I am very ADD right now about my lit plan. I put this aside and started looking at what novels/short stories I wanted to cover next and plan to pick it up once I finish that. Hopefully I can watch the lectures, glean what I think is necessary, and then when we read The Inferno aloud, use the notes to help. Or, if it is really engaging, we can read sections and then watch the pertinent videos. I have no idea until I start listening to it. Quite honestly? I am very intimidated by this work. This is why I subcontracted out most of their lit. The only lit I "teach" is the read alouds, and that is mainly discussion. I think this work is going to require a lot more stopping to discuss--all of the allusions for example. In other words, I have no real plan. 😃 Edited December 11, 2022 by cintinative 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 Okay, I just watched the first one, since I have read through Canto 4. The lecture was decidedly Christian, and I would say it does have a Catholic perspective, but not in a heavy handed way. I really enjoyed the way he explained the Canto. I think I will have my kids watch these with me. The jury is truly still out on the Roman Roads book. It is very academic to me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ema Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Thank you for posting! I love Esolen; I’ve had the privilege of hearing him speak a number of times, and have read a number of his books. This is an excellent resource. Posting to bump this great offer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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