Many readers of Dante get no further than the Inferno. The inscription over the gates of Hell, the demon-haunted circles, the howling winds that buffet the lovers Paolo and Francesca, even the ...

We do the poor souls a great kindness by our prayers and pious acts to help speed them on their journey to Paradise.

The castle also famously features in Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. It’s the location of the story of Paolo and Francesca, ...

A cold, dark November night was imbued with warmth and exuberance during Italian Medieval Night, part of Downtown ...

See Dante’s Inferno Canto 33. The gnawing hunger and hellish dilemma are powerfully conveyed in this Carpeaux masterpiece." "Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zun~iga" (1784–1792) by Goya.

Like its companions, the “Inferno” and “Paradiso,” it is full of brief portraits of the souls, Dante’s incomparable image-making and a great deal of doctrine. Here is part of Virgil’s lecture on love ...

Like its companions, “Inferno” and “Paradiso,” it is full of brief portraits of the souls, Dante’s incomparable image-making, and a great deal of doctrine. Here is part of Virgil’s lecture on love in ...

the "Inferno," and heaven, it is full of brief portraits of the souls, Dante's incomparable image-making, and a great deal of doctrine. Here is part of Virgil's lecture on love in canto xvii: love is ...

Dante’s Divine Comedy may be one of the great works of Western literature, but at 14,233 lines written across a combined 100 cantos, a complete reading ... They recently held their “Inferno Wrap Up ...

The month of November is a natural time to turn one’s thoughts to death. The seasons are changing, leaves are flaming in ...