INFERNO CANTO 5 explained

Synopsis and analysis of Canto V of Dante’s Inferno.

PLAYLIST LINK to ALL the 100 VIDEOS IS HERE (save it!):    • DIVINE COMEDY 100 Cantos 100 Videos project  

A strong recommendation: listen to this reading of Canto V by the italian actor Roberto Benigni (a huge fan of Dante), because he’s outstanding at reading it and because his accent is probably the closest we have today to what people sounded like in Florence during Dante’s times:    • ROBERTO BENIGNI quinto canto INFERNO  

English translations used for this video:
1) Robert Pinsky, "The Inferno of Dante: A New Verse Translation", Bilingual Edition. You can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0374524521/...
2) Mark Musa, The Divine Comedy Vol. I: Inferno
https://www.amazon.com/Divine-Comedy-...

1. Second circle of hell: Minos
2. The lustful
3. Paolo e Francesca
4. The concept of love: Dante's re-thinking of courtly love and stil novo

Please ask any questions about this Canto in the comments. I will keep trying to upload at least one video every week.