Dante: The Divine Comedy
Abandon every hope all who enter here. Dante Alighieri's three-part epic, La Divina Commedia, is one of the great works of world literature and the seminal work of the Italian language.
About Dante!
The Divine Comedy text online in Italian and English with an overview of the Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise, and a brief history of Dante Alighieri. A special feature from your Italian Language SiteGuide.
The Divine Comedy text online in Italian and English with an overview of the Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise, and a brief history of Dante Alighieri. A special feature from your Italian Language SiteGuide.
Dante: Hell on the Web
Multimedia project allows visitors to explore Dante's 700-year-old vision of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.
Multimedia project allows visitors to explore Dante's 700-year-old vision of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Dante Alighieri
Comprehensive background on the life and times of the renowned poet.
Comprehensive background on the life and times of the renowned poet.
Centro Dantesco di Ravenna Onlus
Information on cultural initiatives, Dantesque library, museum, and tomb in Ravenna. [in Italian and English]
Information on cultural initiatives, Dantesque library, museum, and tomb in Ravenna. [in Italian and English]
Chronology of Dante Alighieri
Timeline of Dante Alighieri's life, from 1265-1321.
Timeline of Dante Alighieri's life, from 1265-1321.
Dante's Bibliography
American translations published in 1982 and Dante studies and reviews published in 1982 including foreign reviews of American publications pertaining to Dante.
American translations published in 1982 and Dante studies and reviews published in 1982 including foreign reviews of American publications pertaining to Dante.
Dante's Comedy
An irreverent look at this famous work with a humorous synopsis and maps of Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell.
An irreverent look at this famous work with a humorous synopsis and maps of Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell.
Danteworlds
Integrated multimedia project combining artistic images, textual commentary, and audio recordings through the three realms of the afterlife presented in Dante's Divine Comedy. Each region has explanatory notes, a gallery of artistic images, recordings of significant Italian verses, and study questions.
Integrated multimedia project combining artistic images, textual commentary, and audio recordings through the three realms of the afterlife presented in Dante's Divine Comedy. Each region has explanatory notes, a gallery of artistic images, recordings of significant Italian verses, and study questions.
Devers Program in Dante Studies
Lectures, collaborative projects, electronic scholarly research, and rare texts of the father of modern Italian.
Lectures, collaborative projects, electronic scholarly research, and rare texts of the father of modern Italian.
Digital Dante
Play the character Dante, consult the bibliography, join a discussion or view images of the work. From the Institute of Learning Technologies at Columbia University.
Play the character Dante, consult the bibliography, join a discussion or view images of the work. From the Institute of Learning Technologies at Columbia University.
EBDSA
The Electronic Bulletin of the Dante Society of America has essays, papers, and discussions posted online.
The Electronic Bulletin of the Dante Society of America has essays, papers, and discussions posted online.
ELF Presents The Divine Comedy Research Edition
27 full editions of the Divine Comedy online: the original Italian text, English translations by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Rev. H.F. Cary, and translations in German and Finnish. Graphics from Gustave Doré, Salvador Dali, and Sandro Botticelli are available too and there are maps of the afterlife and sample illuminated manuscript pages from printed versions of the Divine Comedy.
27 full editions of the Divine Comedy online: the original Italian text, English translations by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Rev. H.F. Cary, and translations in German and Finnish. Graphics from Gustave Doré, Salvador Dali, and Sandro Botticelli are available too and there are maps of the afterlife and sample illuminated manuscript pages from printed versions of the Divine Comedy.
Harvard's Chaucer Page
Find out how Chaucer used Dante's Divine Comedy in his own Canterbury Tales, and read the portions of the Italian poem that influenced him.
Find out how Chaucer used Dante's Divine Comedy in his own Canterbury Tales, and read the portions of the Italian poem that influenced him.
Italian Dante Society
Publications, projects, and events of the Florence-based organization located in the historic Palagio dell'Arte della Lana.
Publications, projects, and events of the Florence-based organization located in the historic Palagio dell'Arte della Lana.
Lectura Dantis
Journal dedicated to the study of Dante's works. Read past articles and lecture texts, search the database, or find out how to subscribe.
Journal dedicated to the study of Dante's works. Read past articles and lecture texts, search the database, or find out how to subscribe.
The Princeton Dante Project
Provides a variety of approaches to studying The Divine Comedy including data, images, and sound. Compare a classic translation to a new verse translation of the poem, read the texts of minor works, and hear the poem recited in Italian.
Provides a variety of approaches to studying The Divine Comedy including data, images, and sound. Compare a classic translation to a new verse translation of the poem, read the texts of minor works, and hear the poem recited in Italian.
Salvador Dalí's Divine Comedy
See the 100 wood engravings by Salvador Dalí that illustrate the masterpiece of Italian literature.
See the 100 wood engravings by Salvador Dalí that illustrate the masterpiece of Italian literature.
The Classic Text: Traditions and Interpretations
As one of the great works of the Western canon, the Divine Comedy is examined as cultural icon, offering insight into the question of what becomes a classic most, and why.
As one of the great works of the Western canon, the Divine Comedy is examined as cultural icon, offering insight into the question of what becomes a classic most, and why.
Vita Nuova
A collection of prose and lyrics celebrating Beatrice and ideal love written by Dante c. 1292. A complete downloadable English translation.
A collection of prose and lyrics celebrating Beatrice and ideal love written by Dante c. 1292. A complete downloadable English translation.