This applies nicely to Dante’s “Divine Comedy.” Its garden is the poem’s otherworld—based on the ancient geocentric cosmos and Christian eschatology— and its toads are Dante’s ...

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You may or may not share Dante’s religious convictions, but perhaps you can relate to the notion that romantic love at its ...

The poet Dante Aligheri’s “Commedia” — it picked up “Divine” somewhere along the way — may seem an unlikely contender for relevance. Written 800 years ago, it can feel watermarked by the Middle Ages.

In 1321, the leading citizens of Ravenna, Italy, carried Dante’s body to his grave, far from his native Florence, from which he had been exiled for years. Left behind was one of the modern world ...

Luzzi just published his own translation of a different work by Dante – Vita Nuova. It's a lesser known work, much slimmer and more digestible than The Divine Comedy. It depicts a young Dante ...

The Divine Comedy is possibly the most monumental work of European literature, and has been endlessly remade by changing ...

BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE! As Selina dances her way through devils and the damned at a Dante's Divine Comedy-themed party, a tale of pain and woe unfolds in Stockholm. There, Catwoman will find the ...

Blake Ritson, David Warner and John Hurt star in Stephen Wyatt's dramatisation of Dante's epic poem - the story of one man's incredible journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise ...

In the Divine Comedy, Dante goes down the circles of Hell meeting the world’s most illustrious sinners. 700 years after his death, this series explores the contemporary meaning of the seven ...