A reader sends this lengthy but very, very helpful essay by Peter Kalkavage about Dante’s Paradiso. If you aren’t reading it, or even if you are, this is a great overview of the canticle ...

Today I bring our study of Dante’s Paradiso to an end. I’m eager to get into Inferno, so I can blog the entire thing before I leave for Florence at the end of the month. Plus, I see ...

In the three days I’ve been here, I’ve already spotted a leather shop called Dante Alighieri that sells guitar-shaped purses, a restaurant that promises Il Paradiso della Pizza, a Hotel Dante ...

She picked the opening canto of the Paradiso, in which Dante describes his ascent through the circle of fire and his approach toward God: I was within the heaven that receives more of His light ...

Through this allegory, Dante comments on humankind’s attempts to maintain beautiful illusions at whatever cost. In Paradiso, Dante uses this dream to reveal the futility of this quest ...

In Paradiso, the third section of the Comedy, Dante visits the planets and constellations where blessed souls dwell. The celestial spheres look vague in this painting, but Dante had great interest ...