Not everyone in the 14th century was charmed by the poem’s novelty or by Dante’s creative use of tradition in its three-part journey through hell (“Inferno”), purgatory (“Purgatorio”) and heaven ...

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 ...

Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise were not metaphors but sites on a map. His world was one of heaven and hellfire, his faith conveyed in triptychs telling of the Trinity, popes, and friars. It smelled ...