Dante Alighieri is one of the pillars of Western literature. And his texts have been translated into English dozens of times.

Ric Burns’s new two-part PBS documentary on the poem is beautifully executed and collaborative in spirit. “Dante: Inferno to Paradise” appeals to lovers of art and anyone wondering what all ...

In 2002, he published a translation of Dante's Inferno – the first book in Dante's epic poem The Divine Comedy. And then this December, Palma took it a step further with a translation of the ...

you're not showing the reader what Dante actually did in his poem. LIMBONG: But what's the value in translating "The Divine Comedy" yet again, giving all three parts - "Inferno," "Purgatorio" and ...

You're losing the music of the poem." "And – perhaps this will sound a bit, you know, anal, – but just from a purely literal point of view, you're not showing the reader what Dante actually ...