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 IN NEED OF A DIVINE COMEDY PART 2

YESTERDAY IN PART 1 WE BEGAN sharing Eric Bulson’s review of Mary Jo Bang’s new translation of Dante’s Divina Commedia. In today’s Part 2, Bulson explores Italian (and its Tuscan … Continue reading

January 22, 2026 · Leave a comment

 IN NEED OF A DIVINE COMEDY PART 1

READERS BACK TO 2017 MAY RECALL “Dante’s Inferno, a Destination Guide;” this, concerning the first of three parts of Divina Commedia (the other two, Purgatorio and Paradiso). Durante degli Alighieri, … Continue reading

January 21, 2026 · Leave a comment