Dante Alighieri is one of the pillars of Western literature. And his texts have been translated into English dozens of times. With two new translations of his work out now, it's worth asking – why do ...

And I began: "Poet, who guidest me, Regard my manhood, if it be sufficient. Ere to the arduous pass thou dost confide me." As a companion to our feature we are providing a link to the ILTweb ...

Inferno is a prevailing influence across the ... With "Hymn to Virgil," Hozier worried that the specific references to the poem would be alienating to those who haven't studied it as deeply.