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 ...

Dante’s Divine Comedy, a ‘biography’ of the Italian poet’s masterpiece by Joseph Luzzi, brims with facts but lacks any starry ...

Dante himself, in the Inferno, wants to make the direct approach ... I didn’t dedicate the book to anybody, but I now see writing these words who I ought to have dedicated it to, and I dedicate ...