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This graduate seminar offers both a close reading of Dante’s Paradiso and training in the tools and methods necessary for Dante scholarship. In addition to studying the canticle itself, students will learn to make full use of the commentary tradition, explore the many digital resources built specifically for medieval studies and Dante studies, read and discuss diverse theoretical approaches to literary analysis, and implement a variety of formats to write about Dante and his works. Taught in English. Knowledge of a Romance Language and/or Latin recommended.