A reading of Dante's Inferno, with 34 readers at the National Gallery of Ireland.
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Canto I
Dante, rescued by Virgil’s ghost, must travel the underworld;
Micheál D. Ó hUigínn
Uachtarán na hEireann
Reading in Irish
Canto II
Virgil tells how Beatrice herself has sent him on this quest
Giovanni Adorni
Braccesi, Ambassador of Italy to Ireland
Italian
Canto III
The gates of Hell, the tumult of running souls, the ferryman
Sean Rainbird
English
Canto IV
The First Circle: the Castle of Limbo
Sandra Collins
English
Canto V
Sinful lovers: the tale of Paolo and Francesca
Eithne White
Italian
Canto VI
Gluttons: dire prophecies of Dante’s home town
Sabina Coyne Higgins
English
Canto VII
Misers and wasters at loggerheads: Fortune at work
Enrica Maria Ferrara
Italian
Canto VIII
A brawl with angry souls
Archbishop Charles J. Brown
Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
English
Canto IX
Breaching the city walls of Hell
Enrico Terrinoni
Italian
Canto X
A Florentine heretic rises from his tomb
Ursula Fanning
Italian
Canto XI
The moral system of Hell explained
Paul Caffrey
Italian
Canto XII
Violence: tyrants and thugs seething in blood
Francis Jacobs
Italian
Canto XIII
The poisoned wood; suicides and prodigals
Jennifer Petrie
Italian
Canto XIV
Violence against God, Nature, or industry; the rivers of Hell
Kerstin Acquaviva
German
Canto XV
The sodomites; Brunetto Latini and Dante’s future
Laura Mora Barreto
Spanish
Canto XVI
The great cataract; three Florentine noblemen
Marian Keyes
English
Canto XVII
Encounter with the monster Geryon and descent into the lowest part of Hell
Susanna Nocchi
John Barnes
Italian
Canto XVIII
Malebolge: panders, seducers and flatterers
Daragh O’Connell
Italian
Canto XIX
Denunciation of corrupt clergy
Catherine O’Brien
Italian
Canto XX
Fortune tellers and diviners; the founding of Mantua
Furio Pietribiasi
Italian
Canto XXI
Punishment of the corrupted: immersed in boiling pitch AND tortured by demons
Margaret Hayes
English
Canto XXII
Mock heroic opening; Dante and Virgil escape from the demons
Rick O’Shea
English
Canto XXIII
Punishment of the hypocrites; Caiaphas
Bernard Wade
Italian
Canto XXIV
Thieves turned into snakes
Erin Swan
Italian
Canto XXV
Further human/snake transformations
Paolo Bartoloni
Italian
Canto XXVI
Counsellors of fraud, Ulysses’ last voyage
Moni Ovadia
Italian
Canto XXVII
Fraud: Guido da Montefeltro tricked by
the Pope Boniface VIII
Philip Coleman
English
Canto XXVIII
Sowers of discord and images of contrappasso
Catherine Dunne
English
Canto XXIX
Falsifiers and alchemists
Rafael Soriano
Spanish/Catalan
Canto XXX
Impersonators, counterfeiters and false witnesses
Corinna Salvadori Lonergan
Italian
Canto XXXI
Encounter with the giants; Antaeus lowers Dante and Virgil to the bottom of Hell
Aileen Altman
English
Canto XXXII
Traitors to kindred, country or party
Giuliana Zeuli
Italian
Canto XXXIII
Ugolino’s tragic death; betrayal of guests
John Banville
English
Canto XXXIV
Traitors to benefactors; encounter with Lucifer, descent past the center of Earth and climb to Purgatory
Eric Haywood
Italian
