T he American modernist Marianne Moore once wrote that poems are imaginary gardens with real toads in them. This applies ...

Mark Franke, M.B.A., an adjunct scholar of the Indiana Policy Review and its book reviewer, is formerly an associate ...

New Dante's Divine Comedy translation by Michael Palma Dante Alighieri is one of the pillars of Western literature. And his texts have been translated into English dozens of times.

See, Dante invented this form for "The Divine Comedy" called terza rima, where the poem is written in three lines - or tercets. And the first and third line rhyme, and the last word of that middle ...

Dante’s Divine Comedy Reimagined: Sacred Artist Shares Beauty of Catholic Faith. Eric Armusik’s work pays homage to the old masters — with surprising depth of character and emotion.

Dante's Divine Comedy: A Biography. By Joseph Luzzi. Princeton University Press. 232 pages. We may earn a commission when you buy products through the links on our site. Buy Book.

Going to hell is usually a tough break. But the poet Michael Palma doesn't seem to mind. In 2002, he published a translation of Dante's Inferno – the first book in Dante's epic poem The Divine ...

It's a lesser known work, much slimmer and more digestible than The Divine Comedy. It depicts a young Dante falling in love with his muse, Beatrice, who dies in the middle of the book.