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Does anyone have information about the tradition of reading the Inferno on
Maundy Thursday in Italy or in other parts of the world?
Thank you.
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Join New York Poets, Writers, Translators, and Dante Enthusiasts
in the
Eighth Annual Marathon Reading of
Dante's Inferno
at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Maundy Thursday, April 12, 2001
9 pm to 12:15 am
New York poets and writers will read selected cantos from a festival of
translations of Dante's Inferno as well as a few cantos in the original
Italian at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Maundy Thursday, April
12,starting at 9 PM.
The reading is followed by an organ meditation by Cathedral organist
Dorothy Papadakos.
(Note: Since the Cathedral can be very cold, please dress warmly.)
WHAT: Reading of Dante's Inferno
WHERE: Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 112th St. & Amsterdam Ave., Poets'
Corner Bay, just inside the main entrance to the Cathedral
WHEN: Thursday April 12, 2001, 9 pm to 12:15 am
Bishop Sisk with Cathedral Poet-in-Residence Molly Peacock will lead a
program of poets, translators, and Dante lovers, including:
CANTO
I Bishop Sisk / Marilyn Nelson 9:00 PM
II Honor Moore / Hal Sirowitz 9:11
III Molly Peacock/Michael Groden 9:22
IV Peggy Penn / Arthur Penn 9:31
V Cornelius Eady/ Cynthia Zarin 9:42
VI Jean Hollander / Robert Hollander 9:53
VII Lucie Brock Broido / Lucy Grealey 10:04
X Patrizia Palumbo / Scott Failla 10:15
XIII Claudia Rankine / Susan Wheeler 10:26
XV William Singer / Wendy Claire Barrie 10:37
XIX Phillis Levin /John Simko 10:48
XXIV Mark Rudman/ George Murray 10:59
XXVI Tom Fedorek / Donna Masini 11:10
XXVII Stand By Canto /Ryan & Cook 11:21
XXXII Bishop Roskam / Kate Light 11:32
XXXIII Michael Palma 11:43
XXXIV Susan Gubernat / Connie Roberts 11:54
Organ Meditation Dorothy Papadakos 12:06 AM
Standby Readers: Margaret Ryan / Diana Cook
Cantos One through Seven establish the poem's premise, describe the first
four of the six upper levels and provide some of the most familiar episodes,
especially that of Paolo and Francesca; Canto Ten, principally for the
encounter with Farinata; Canto Thirteen, the wood of the suicides, and Canto
Fifteen, Brunetto Latini (these two will effectively represent the seventh
level, and are among the most poignant episodes); Canto Nineteen, the eighth
level: the wicked Popes (clerical corruption is a very important issue to
Dante); Canto Twenty-four: the thieves; Canto Twenty-six, the eighth level:
thieves and false counselors, especially for Ulysses' monologue; Canto Twenty
- seven Friar Guido; and Cantos Thirty-two through Thirty-four, the ninth
level: traitors, including Ugolino , and Judas, Brutus, and Cassius in the
mouth of Satan; conclusion of the poem.
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