When Dante Alighieri died 700 years ago, on Sept. 14, 1321, he had just put his final flourishes on the “Divine Comedy,” a monumental poem that would inspire readers for centuries. The “Divine Comedy” ...
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 ...
The American modernist Marianne Moore once wrote that poems are imaginary gardens with real toads in them. This applies nicely to Dante’s “Divine Comedy.” Its garden is the poem’s otherworld—based on ...
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 ...
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 ...
When Dante Alighieri died 700 years ago, on September 14, 1321, he had just put his final flourishes on the “Divine Comedy,” a monumental poem that would inspire readers for centuries. The “Divine ...
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 ...
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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.' ...