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Dante: Inferno to Paradise
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Dante: Inferno to Paradise, by acclaimed filmmaker Ric Burns, explores the riveting life and times of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) and his soaring masterpiece "The Divine Comedy" – one of the greatest achievements in the history of Western literature.
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Explore the afterlife and literary and cultural fate of Dante’s masterpiece.
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See medieval Florence from 1216 to Dante's birth in 1265, his child, education and more.