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Literary: Dante

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Sarah Dunant and Margaret Kean on the influence of Dante from Shakespeare to the Beats.

From the Royal College of Music, Susan Hitch hosts a discussion in which novelist Sarah Dunant and Margaret Kean, author of Inferno discuss the influence of Italian poet Dante.

Dante's Divine Comedy and his character Francesca da Rimini have inspired writers from Shakespeare and Milton, to TS Eliot and the Beats. Historical novelist Sarah Dunant and Margaret Keane, author of 'Inferno', discuss the great Italian poet.

Susan Hitch hosts this discussion recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music. 

The programme is part of Radio 3's Proms Plus Literary exploring some of the literary and cultural dimensions of this year's Proms concerts, in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, right next door to the Albert Hall and just in advance of the concerts themselves.

BBC Proms: 2011

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

All broadcasts from the 117th season of the BBC Proms.

Series of events providing a context to the 2011 Proms season's music and artists

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