When Dante (“Inferno,” Canto XXII) wrote that “the captain made a trumpet of his ass,” he could not have known how shamelessly he would be ripped off by “Jackass 3D,&#… ...

Completed just before Dante died in 1321, it consists of three parts—Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The Divine Comedy is a long poem recounting the author’s journey among the damned in ...

For example, see Canto V, line 39, where Dante speaks of those who “betrayed reason to their appetite.” All five of his questions are good, but this one, I think, is the most important of the lot.

Mary Jo Bang's translation of Dante's Inferno replaces his original references with more current ones like Bob Dylan, the paintings of Rodin, and Star Trek. The result is Dante for the next ...

Arizeder Urreiztieta reads Canto I during an all-night reading of Dante's "Inferno" held at St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church on April 9, 2009.

In the lead-up to Dante’s 700 th death anniversary next year, Eric Armusik is painting 40 panels illustrating Dante’s legendary Divine Comedy. The artist shared some of the completed panels with ...

On Maundy Thursday, April 17, beginning at 9 p.m. in the Church, hear the Inferno read the way Dante originally intended. Selected Cantos will be read by parishioners, distinguished poets, eminent ...

Inferno, Canto XXIX/3, 1979-1983 by Tom Phillips is the cover image of Dante's Purgatorio by Philip Terry.