"Dante is everywhere." //
"The history of literature is the story of one grand conversation." //
"When I have fears that I may cease to be Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain..." //
Dan Christian is an expert on Dante Alighieri's 'The Divine Comedy.' He was a high school teacher for forty-three years, and taught elective courses on Dante Alighieri, Charles Dickens, and C.S. Lewis for thirty-nine years at Gilman School. Dan earned his B.A. degree from St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa, and has M.A. in Theology from St. Mary's Seminary and the University of Baltimore. //
On Episode #55 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Dan discuss Dante Alighieri's 'The Divine Comedy,' Dan's first years of teaching, "keep playing," 'Il Postino,' the value of memorizing poetry, books as living things, John Keats, what Dan would ask Dante, compiling essays written by students, the pairing between folk music and Dante, Harry Chapin, creative repurposing, and the wizardry of Cesare Ciccanti. //
Enjoy the episode? Please follow @pathtofollowpod on all platforms. More to come! //
Many thanks to the WIZARD Cesare Ciccanti for all of his efforts on podcast production. //
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