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Tapestry
 
November 4, 2007
Tapestry Goes to Heaven

If there is a heaven, what might it look like? Sound like? Taste like? Through documentaries, interviews, movies and music, we’re exploring the idea of the sweet hereafter. From 14th century Florence to 21st century Hollywood, vison of an afterlife have always captured the imagination.

Paradiso by Robert and Jean HollanderWe'll explore the vision of heaven in Dante's Paradiso, the third and final part of The Divine Comedy with Dante scholars Robert Hollander and Jean Hollander. Their new translation of Paradiso is published by Doubleday.

We'll also bring you a documentary by award-winning broadcaster Wanita Bates. Wanita's is a personal exploration of how people perceive heaven.



Listen to the interview with Robert and Jean Hollander
(runs: 19:24)

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The Princeton Dante Project






 
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