Dante

Eighth Circle, Bolgia 6: Hypocrites. Class notes on Canto XXIII of Dante's Inferno.

Eighth Circle, Bolgia 7: Thieves. Class notes on Canto XXIV of Dante's Inferno.

Eighth Circle, Bolgia 7: Thieves (continued). Class notes on Canto XXV of Dante's Inferno.

Eighth Circle, Bolgia 9: Sowers of Discord. Class notes on Canto XXVIII of Dante's Inferno.

Eighth Circle, Bolgia 8: Evil Counselors. Class notes on Cantos XXVI and XXVII of Dante's Inferno.

Eighth Circle, Bolgia 10: Falsifiers. Class notes on Cantos XXIX and XXX of Dante's Inferno.

Ninth Circle: The Giants and Rings 1 and 2. Class notes on Cantos XXXI and XXXII of Dante's Inferno.

Ninth Circle: Rings 2 through 4. Class notes on Cantos XXXIII and XXXIV of Dante's Inferno.

A student handout on the ideas behind the Inferno: the tripartite soul, love, and the order of Hell.

Notes on Anthony Esolen's introduction to the Inferno: the tripartite soul, love, and the structure of the poem.

The demons of Inferno 21 and 22: their Italian names, where the names come from, and how three translators render them.

Readings of the red, yellowish-white, and black faces of Lucifer in Inferno 34.