Dante’s Divine Comedy

UC Berkely have made available mp3s of various lecture series, which are well worth a look. Last time, I mentioned three lectures on Dante’s Divine Comedy which are part of a course on Man, God, and Society in Western Literature delivered buy Hubert Dreyfus. The course description is:

Man, God, and Society in Western Literature – Spring 2007. Philosophical issues as expressed in poetry, drama, and the novel. This course will compare and contrast the Greek, Medieval, and modern worlds, as reflected in their greatest literature, with special emphasis on the role of the community in reconciling conflicts between sub-groups in society and the individual’s ability to understand and control his own life. We will also follow man’s realization that the changing answers to these questions are themselves self-interpretations.

You can get hold of the mp3s for this course here. The Divine Comedy is about halfway down, but you might like to listen to some of the others.