{"id":5489,"date":"2026-07-02T14:39:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T09:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iicmumbai.esteri.it\/?p=5489"},"modified":"2026-07-30T15:05:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T09:35:44","slug":"the-italian-book-club-in-mumbai-reads-divine-comedy-inferno-canto-5-and-33-by-dante-alighieri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iicmumbai.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dall_istituto\/2026\/07\/the-italian-book-club-in-mumbai-reads-divine-comedy-inferno-canto-5-and-33-by-dante-alighieri\/","title":{"rendered":"The Italian Book Club in Mumbai reads Divine Comedy: Inferno (Canto 5 and 33) by Dante Alighieri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, the Italian Book Club&#8217;s meeting was dedicated to\u00a0<strong>Inferno<\/strong>, the first canticle of<em>\u00a0<strong>The Divine Comedy<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0<strong>Dante Alighieri<\/strong>, with a special focus on two of the poem\u2019s most powerful and memorable cantos:\u00a0<strong>Canto V<\/strong>, which tells the tragic story of\u00a0<strong>Paolo and Francesca,<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Canto XXXIII<\/strong>, featuring the dramatic episode\u00a0<strong>of Count Ugolino.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Together, we explored the historical and political context of <em>The Divine Comedy, <\/em>the structure and symbolism of the nine circles of Hell, and the themes of love, justice, betrayal and moral responsibility that emerge in these two cantos. The session also included readings of some of Dante&#8217;s most celebrated verses in both Italian and English, followed by a lively discussion on their enduring literary and cultural significance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/iicmumbai.esteri.it\/en\/lingua-e-cultura\/i-corsi-di-lingua\/the-italian-book-club-in-mumbai\/\">The Italian Book Club in Mumbai \u2013 Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Mumbai<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last week, the Italian Book Club&#8217;s meeting was dedicated to\u00a0Inferno, the first canticle of\u00a0The Divine Comedy\u00a0by\u00a0Dante Alighieri, with a special focus on two of the poem\u2019s most powerful and memorable cantos:\u00a0Canto V, which tells the tragic story of\u00a0Paolo and Francesca,\u00a0and\u00a0Canto XXXIII, featuring the dramatic episode\u00a0of Count Ugolino. Together, we explored the historical and political context [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5653,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicmumbai.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicmumbai.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicmumbai.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicmumbai.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicmumbai.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iicmumbai.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5656,"href":"https:\/\/iicmumbai.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5489\/revisions\/5656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicmumbai.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicmumbai.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicmumbai.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}