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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Self-reflection, as the hallmark of the modern age, originates more profoundly with Dante than with Descartes. This book rewrites modern intellectual history, taking Dante’s lyrical language in ...

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 ...

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 — ...

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 ...

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