Before we dive into Canto VIII of Dante’s Paradiso, I want to share with you all a remarkable thing I’ve run across in the past few days. As you know, I’ve been blogging about Patricia Pearson’s new ...

A reader sends this lengthy but very, very helpful essay by Peter Kalkavage about Dante’s Paradiso. If you aren’t reading it, or even if you are, this is a great overview of the canticle, and a ...

Daniel Fitzpatrick’s new translation of Dante Alighieri’s epic poem, “Paradiso,”is available in three volumes along with illustrations of 100 bronze sculptures — one for each canto in the poem — ...

Dante Studies, the official annual of the Dante Society of America, is dedicated to the furtherance of the study of the works of Dante Alighieri. Its editorial board welcomes submissions, in English ...

For almost 700 years, Dante’s "Paradiso" has been a tough sell compared with the poet’s trip through hell in "Inferno" and his gritty climb to the top of the world in "Purgatorio." "Paradiso," which ...

The structure of Dante's Paradiso is a mediating sign of "the love that moves the sun and the other stars." Each time Dante the pilgrim moves to a higher sphere, his visionary power grows, passing ...

When actor/director Roberto Benigni performed the last canto of Dante Alighieri’s “Divine Comedy” on Italian television last year — nearly 30 percent of the country watched, and Dante’s books flew off ...

"Paradiso, Act III of the Drama of the Soul" was the subject of Bishop William Boyd Carpenter's fifth lecture, under the William Belden Noble foundation, on "Dame's Verdict of Life," delivered in New ...

Dante is with Beatrice in the eighth circle, that of the fixed stars. She is gazing upwards, watching for the descent of the Triumph of Christ. Under the meridian, or at noon, the shadows being ...

In a letter for the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, Pope Francis said that the mystery of Christ’s Incarnation is the “true heart and inspiration” of Dante’s great poetic work, the ...