Robert Fagles has a new translation of the Aeneid , and has this to say about the poem in today's New York Times : “I usually try not to...

Wikipedia's capsule view of the Commedia. There are many, many online resources helpful for reading Dante. For example, in Purgatorio VI...

Speaking of the Bodleian , this link will take you to illuminations of the Commedia from a 14th century North Italian manuscript. Here Dan...

We've set up a small reserve area at the Fruitville library for any Purgatorio -related articles, books, or other resources which the g...

Jutta shares two links of interest: First, an academic article by Aldo Scaglione that offers a detailed look at Purgatorio V. Here's a ...

The appearance of Manfred of Sicily is occasion for one of the most celebrated lines in the Commedia: Biondo era e bello e di gentile aspett...

Following up on a couple of questions from today: "Poppa" indeed means "stern" when used of boats (it also means breast)...

As we read Dante's Purgatorio it will be helpful to gain some understanding of how the Bible was interpreted in the Middle Ages. A great...

Pope to end doctrine of Limbo The Pope will this week overturn a belief held by Roman Catholics since medieval times by abolishing the conce...

A diagram by Moore that might help with some of the elaborate (and lovely) time references in the Purgatorio :

A moment of relevance: The full text of Benedict XVI's speech that ignited protests across the Muslim world is here . The firestorm it ...