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Celebrate the 750th anniversary of birth of Dante Alighieri

The Dante Alighieri Society of Edmonton invites you to a presentation by Massimo Verdicchio to celebrate the 750th anniversary of birth of Dante Alighieri.

Dante’s divine “comedy”.

We have always referred to Dante’s poem as “divine” reading it as a religious poem that equals the Bible. I would like to propose a more earthly version where the emphasis is on “comedy” and what is “divine” is Dante’s comic or ironic poetry in Inferno, Purgatory and Paradiso.

Massimo Verdicchio

Massimo Verdicchio is professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at the University of Alberta.

He has written widely on Italian and European Literature. He is the author of books on Dante's Commedia, and on the philosophy of Benedetto Croce.

He has recently completed a Croce Reader that will be published by the University of Toronto Press.

He has translated in English works by Carlo Sini, Massimo Cacciari and Mario Perniola.

For more information, the Poster and the Program for the event are available here.

The event will be on Sunday, October 25th, 2015 at 3:00 at the Italian Cultural Centre (14230-133 Avenue Edmonton, Alberta).

Following the presentation refreshments will be available.

Everyone is welcome.

Free admission.