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New Books

by Tom Bissell,

C. S. Lewis once wrote that we must read the classics “to keep the clean sea breeze of the centuries blowing through our minds.” Yet the briefest contact with the…

A divine comedy

by Elif Batuman,

Among the Danteans of Florence

Canto XVIII, 111-113

Art by Sandow Birk,

At the Edge of Malebolge

Canto XXVI, 31-33

Art by Sandow Birk,

Above the Eighth Circle

Canto XXXIV, 28-30

Art by Sandow Birk,

Lucifer

Canto XXXII, 23-24

Art by Sandow Birk,

The Lake of Ice

For the carnal in Dante’s hell

Art by Victoria Reynolds,

Out of the dark wood

by Lee Siegel,

Dante and the subversive ego

Going to hell

by Hugh Kenner,

Dante's English muse

Athens on the subway

by Frederick Albert Gutheim,

The literary landmarks of Florence

by Laurence Hutton,

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New Books

A divine comedy

Canto XVIII, 111-113

Canto XXVI, 31-33

Canto XXXIV, 28-30

Canto XXXII, 23-24

For the carnal in Dante’s hell

Out of the dark wood

Going to hell

Athens on the subway

The literary landmarks of Florence

November 1896

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