If you mention Dante, most people who recognize the name instantly associate him with Inferno. It is actually quite surprising how few people even know that Inferno is just the first part of a larger work, The Divine Comedy. (I know this because we had a dog named Dante, so I had many occasions to discover that when people heard the name of the dog, they instantly mentioned Inferno, having no idea there was more to Dante. Proof by anecdote!) Dante tours Hell in part 1, but then in part 2 … [Read more...] about Dante’s Road Trip: Purgatory
Dante Alighieri
Dante’s Road Trip: Inferno
O Supreme Wisdom, what great art you showIn Heaven, on earth, and in the evil worldAnd what true justice does your power dispense! O Dante, what great art you showIn Paradise, Purgatory and the InfernoAnd what true delight does your power dispense! T. S. Eliot once noted that “Shakespeare and Dante divide the world between them. There is no third.” It is hard to argue with him. There have been more commentaries written on Dante’s Divine Comedy than on any other book except the Bible. That … [Read more...] about Dante’s Road Trip: Inferno