Introduction: Dante as Poet, Prophet, and Exile
Zooming In and Zooming Out: How to Read Inferno (Inferno 1-2)
The Fear of Hell and the Fear of God (Inferno 3-9)
The Graveyard of the Heretics and the Wasteland of the Violent (Inferno 10-17)
White-Collar Criminals and Sins against Words (Inferno 18-26)
Icy Hearts and Frozen Souls: The Lowest Portion of Hell (Inferno 27-34)
Waiting for God: An Introduction to Purgatorio
The People outside the Gate: Freedom, Responsibility, and Vulnerability (Purgatorio 1-9)
In Search of Deep Cleansing: The Middle Canti (Purgatorio 10-24)
Returning to Humanity's First Home: Epic and Lyric in the Garden of Eden (Purgatorio 25-28)
"As the Heavens Are Higher Than the Earth": Dante's Apocalyptic Vision (Purgatorio 29-33)
"Great Fires Come from Tiny Sparks": An Introduction to Paradiso (Paradiso 1-2)
"In His Will Is Our Peace": Individuality and Polyphony in Paradiso (Paradiso 3-20)
Intellectual Fasting and the Test of Love: Saturn, Stars, and the Crystalline Sphere (Paradiso 21-29)
The Canti of Surprise: Garden, Book, and Rose (Paradiso 30-33)
Conclusion: The Wonder of the Comedy.
