As I move through my English Literature and Creative Writing degree, I start to hear allusions everywhere, and especially in ...

Going to hell is usually a tough break. But the poet Michael Palma doesn't seem to mind. The challenge to approaching a translation of Dante's original Italian this way is that it means you can't ...

You're losing the music of the poem." "And – perhaps this will ... It depicts a young Dante falling in love with his muse, Beatrice, who dies in the middle of the book. "To me, the Vita Nuova ...

The question of Helen’s involvement in the Trojan War clearly poses difficult questions—and has done so ever since the age of ...

The original poem is written in three lines where the first and third ... The Vita Nuova recounts a young Dante falling in love with his muse, Beatrice. "Translation is a form of autobiography," said ...

The crime drama followed mob boss Tony Soprano ( James Gandolfini) as he attempted to be a family man and keep his criminal ...

You’re losing the music of the poem.” “And – perhaps this will sound a bit ... much slimmer and more digestible than The Divine Comedy. It depicts a young Dante falling in love with his muse, Beatrice ...

Dante Rossetti was known for his help in founding the ... Her works included children’s verses, lyrics for ballads and heartfelt religious poetry. Today, the carol “Love Came Down at Christmas” has ...

Like a tempestuous god, Iceland changes its mood throughout the year. When the ice melts, it reveals black lava fields, steaming hot-spring valleys and a landscape alive with myth and folklore.

And, then, the hard part: “They left for their own country by another path.” ...

Here the reader can trace the course of love-poetry from the time of DANTE, through the melodious days of Queen ELIZABETH, down to the present period. The editor opens his book with the three ...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning “A Chorus Line” is James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante’s engaging portrait ... 15,693-line epic poem titled “The Iliad.” In ancient Greek.