>>8514963>i think you can enjoy dante for the first time without understand the references. but being familiar with virgil, ovid, lucan, horace and homer and stuff and maybe even reading it in italian if you can to appreciate the dactylic hexameteres will certainly will help you appreciate it as a masterwork!I really want to understand rhythm as it applies to literature and poetry. Cause Im trying to write a book. I used to never care about literature, I thought it was a mostly impractical endeavor, but now I love it and still dont make time to read :(
All I know so far is that i'm going to have to run across hot coals and falling burning ash in hell all my life because Ive done lewd things with boys, but at least dante pities me.
I should start with the classics I suppose. For some reason, Homer just hasn't appealed to me. Im not sure Id be into the epic adventures, but maybe if I gave them a try.
Im not sure what I like, but I tend to like dramas. Top 2 all time favorites would be Tartuffe and Death of a Salesman.
