When I was writing How Dante Can Save Your Life, one of the books I drew on was Prue Shawâ??s excellent, highly accessible book Reading Dante: From Here to Eternity. Shaw is a Dante scholar, but her book address the lay reader. If you read my book and find yourself captivated by Dante, Shawâ??s book, now out in paperback, is a great companion for the reader who wants to know more.
The podcaster Gil Roth has a new episode up featuring a long interview with Shaw, recorded in her Cambridge, England, home. I could listen to her talk all day. You can skip the introductory first six minutes of the podcast without losing anything. But you wonâ??t want to miss the rest of it.
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