Inferno is a prevailing influence across the ... With "Hymn to Virgil," Hozier worried that the specific references to the poem would be alienating to those who haven't studied it as deeply.

Dante Alighieri is one of the pillars of Western literature. And his texts have been translated into English dozens of times. With two new translations of his work out now, it's worth asking - why do ...

Dante himself, in the Inferno, wants to make the direct approach ... That’s how I ended up writing a Dante for Ireland – and despite the poem’s engagement with some of the darkest moments ...