The Bristol Poetry Institute is pleased to join the Institute for Greece, Rome, and the Classical Tradition in hosting Professor Philip Terry (University of Essex) for an exciting event featuring readings and discussion of Dante’s Purgatorio.
Thu 6 Feb 2025 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Lecture Theatre 3, Woodland Road Complex, Arts Complex, Woodland Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1TB
Access is via the main entrance at 7 Woodland Road.
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Professor Terry will read some cantos from his recent translation and updating of Dante’s Purgatorio, where the poet and his guide climb a mountain made out of Flexible Rock Substitute (FRS). Dante’s artists are replaced with contemporary artists and artists-in-residence including Grayson Perry, Rachel Whiteread, and Damien Hirst. On the final terrace the poet reaches Dante’s Paradise, here modelled on the Eden Project.
Philip will discuss the task of translation and translators’ approaches to Dante through the ages with a panel of Bristol academics from Italian, English, Classics, and Translation Studies. All welcome!