Dante Alighieri is one of the pillars of Western literature. And his texts have been translated into English dozens of times. With two new... There's a new translation of Dante's 'The Divine Comedy.' ...

William Blake, “The Circle of the Lustful: Paolo and Francesca,” 1827 engraving; plate: 27.7 x 35.5 cm (10 7/8 x 14 in.), sheet: 43.7 x 59.9 cm (17 3/16 x 23 9/16 in.), mat: 50.8 x 60.9 cm (20 x 24 in ...

First you notice John the Baptist’s pale face gazing longingly toward heaven. As you look further up the canvas, you see a shadowy, muscular figure holding a sword to the saint’s neck. Full of drama ...

Hell Maiden has received its first demo for Steam Next Fest, blending Hades, Vampire Survivors, anime, and Dante's Divine ...

Apr. 9—For a long time, Ric Burns thought he was going to be a professor of literature. Then he followed his brother, Ken, into filmmaking. Burns began his latest project, "Dante: Inferno to Paradise, ...

Every arthouse filmmaker with staggering ambition gets their “Heaven’s Gate,” their “Southland Tales,” their, yes, “Megalopolis,” a movie so boundlessly overachieving that it winds up alienating ...

So long as you accept that the interpretation by choreographer Wayne McGregor, composer Thomas Adès and artist Tacita Dean of hell, purgatory and heaven isn’t always contingent with Dante’s and Virgil ...

Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy, now over 700 years old, continues to inspire greatness. From Botticelli and Rodin to Gogol and Woody Allen, artists of all stripes have been drawn to Dante's vivid ...

Going to hell is usually a tough break. But the poet Michael Palma doesn't seem to mind. The challenge to approaching a translation of Dante's original Italian this way is that it means you can't ...

Going to hell is usually a tough break. But the poet Michael Palma doesn't seem to mind. To course through bitter waters presently, My wit’s small craft hoists sails for embarkation And takes its ...

Going to hell is usually a tough break. But the poet Michael Palma doesn't seem to mind. The challenge to approaching a translation of Dante's original Italian this way is that it means you can't ...