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For love of Dante
Angela Alaimo O’Donnell writes, in 39 poems, a charmingly backhanded love letter to the Italian poet.
Seeing Dante with Botticelli’s eyes
Joseph Luzzi tells the rich, entertaining story of the Renaissance artist’s renderings of a quintessentially medieval text.
In Dante, love is stronger than hell
Vittorio Montemaggi shows how important it is not to get stuck in the inferno.
by Paul J. Contino
Dante speaks to the uncertainties of every generation, to those who have awakened lost in an impenetrable darkness.
by Richard Lischer
Could the Spirit's love be poured into the hearts of people untouched by the incarnation? Could non-Christians be lovers of the only God there is?
by Charles Hefling
Dante’s Divine Comedy, if we are willing to read it whole, has a deep unity. The tradition of its interpretation does not.
by Carol Zaleski
A. N. Wilson's literary biography aims to bridge the gap between the Commedia and nonspecialists who, allegedly abandoned by the professionals, are like sheep without a shepherd.
by Peter S. Hawkins