Dennis P. Slattery, Day-to-Day Dante: Exploring Personal Myth Through the Divine Comedy (2011)

“This is the first of three classics I use to establish a connection or correspondence between the reader’s mythology and the plot of the narrative. The other two are listed above: From War to Wonder and Our Daily Breach. Following an introduction that discusses the kind of knowledge that poetry offers us as insights into our own narrative, there are 8-10 lines of verse for each day of the year. Each page moves from the poetic lines to a summary of the action at that moment, to a reflective paragraph. The bottom of the page is devoted to a writing “Meditation” to encourage further insights into one’s myth that may be uncovered by Dante’s poetic expressions. As Dante remembers his past life in the telling of his narrative, the reader is prompted to recall their history to uncover some of the patterns of their myth that guide them.”    —dennispatrickslattery.com