1265-1321

Contains a representative selection of contemporary criticism on the writings of thirteenth-century Italian author Dante Alighieri, and includes an introductory essay that provides an overview of his life and work.

Reproduces 135 black-and-white illustrations created by nineteenth-century artist Gustave Dor? for "The Inferno," "Purgatory," and "Paradise," each accompanied by appropriate lines from the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow translation of Dante's work; and includes Dor?'s drawing of author Dante Alighieri.

Twenty contemporary poets provide translations of Dante's Inferno. Provides a canto by canto description of Dante's travels in the netherworld.

Presents the first cantica of Dante Alighieri's classic work, in which Dante is guided through Hell by the Roman poet Virgil; and includes explanatory notes, diagrams, and a glossary of proper names.

Includes a brief biography of the author, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas.

A collection of nine critical essays on Dante's epic poem arranged in chronological order of publication.

Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, one of an elite group of literary geniuses secretly working on America's first translation of "The Divine Comedy" in 1865, puts his career on the line when he teams up with outcast police officer Nicholas Rey in an attempt to find a killer who is patterning his crimes on descriptions of Hell's punishments from Dante's "Inferno.".

Profiles the life and works of late thirteenth-century poet and author Dante Alighieri, noted for his most famous piece "The Inferno.".