Category Archives: Dante

700 years old

Posted on October 25, 2011 by

According to this website, this year (2011) is the 700th anniversary of the publication of the first part of Dante’s masterwork the Divine Comedy: his Inferno. Of all the books published in any given year, only a few will still be … Continue reading →

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On having passed the hairy shanks of Lucifer…

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

And if you don’t understand the allusion in that title, then I would invite you to begin as soon as possible to sample the rich feast that is Dante’s Inferno. Reading Dante is another one of those literary surprises I’ve … Continue reading →

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