The poet Dante Aligheri’s “Commedia” — it picked up “Divine” somewhere along the way — may seem an unlikely contender for relevance. Written 800 years ago, it can feel watermarked by the Middle Ages.

William Blake, “The Circle of the Lustful: Paolo and Francesca,” 1827 engraving; plate: 27.7 x 35.5 cm (10 7/8 x 14 in.), sheet: 43.7 x 59.9 cm (17 3/16 x 23 9/16 in.), mat: 50.8 x 60.9 cm (20 x 24 in ...

So that it will be worthy of salvation. The challenge to approaching a translation of Dante's original Italian this way is that it means you can't concentrate on three lines at a time – you have to ...

Tackling this culminating challenge in the company of his beloved Beatrice, who inspired the poem, Dante must trasumanar, a ...

Going to hell is usually a tough break. But the poet Michael Palma doesn't seem to mind. So that it will be worthy of salvation. The challenge to approaching a translation of Dante's original Italian ...