Dante Alighieri is one of the pillars of Western literature. And his texts have been translated into English dozens of times.

Ric Burns’s new two-part PBS documentary on the poem is beautifully executed and collaborative in spirit. “Dante: Inferno to Paradise” appeals to lovers of art and anyone wondering what all ...

Ere to the arduous pass thou dost confide me." As a companion to our feature we are providing a link to the ILTweb Digital Dante Project at Columbia University, which offers the complete Italian ...

While you are expected to read the Inferno in their entirety ... board posts will help you to gain understanding and confidence in writing about Dante’s poem. In allocated weeks, each student will ...

In Dante Alighieri's Inferno, the author describes Virgil and ... sense of trust and care between one another throughout the poem. But when they reach heaven, Virgil is barred from entering ...

Dante himself, in the Inferno, wants to make the direct approach ... That’s how I ended up writing a Dante for Ireland – and despite the poem’s engagement with some of the darkest moments ...