Websites on Dante's Inferno
University of Texas at Austin
Danteworld- An integrated multimedia journey--combining images, textual commentary, and audio--through the various regions of hell described in Dante's Inferno. The site is structured around a visual representation of hell: it shows who and what appear where. Also available for each infernal circle are links to "allusions," "study questions," recordings of selected "Italian verses," and a "gallery" of artistic images--all aimed at a better understanding of the region under consideration.
http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/index2.html
University of Virginia
World of Dante- Dante's Inferno, widely hailed as one of the great classics of Western literature, details Dante's journey through the nine circles of Hell. ..
www.worldofdante.org
Dante's Inferno Study Guide- Diane Thompson, Nova University
http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/eng251/dante.html
The mission of the Electronic Literature Foundation (ELF) is to produce advanced electronic texts for the benefit of students, scholars, and admirers of literature around the world. Our goal is to provide free access to a variety of texts from world literature available in several languages and/or editions for all types of readers.
http://www.divinecomedy.org/divine_comedy.html
The Literature Network
http://www.online-literature.com/dante/inferno/1/
The Divine Comedy presented by ChaosCafe.com
This site features 27 full editions of the Divine Comedy online: the original Italian text, English translations by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Rev. H.F. Cary, and translations in German and Finnish. Annotations from the Cary and Longfellow editions are also available.
http://www.divinecomedy.org/divine_comedy.html
The Inferno of Dante Alighieri- A Rhymed Translation by Seth Zimmerman and illustrations by Janet Van Fleet
http://www.infernodante.com/
Literary Criticism. Tower, tree, candle: Dante's Divine Comedy and the triumph of the fragile.(Dante Alighieri)(Critical essay). Southwest Review 93.2 (Spring 2008): p.269(16). Gale Group Database.
Those who read this essay will likely participate in the eighth century of discussion concerning The Divine Comedy. Clean copies of the finished canticles, with all their intellectual sizzle and range, their right-on humanity and intertextual strutwork, and above all their poetic command, flexible, profound, precise--with all that intact already, the completed work began to circulate in 1320, the last year of its author's life. Yet as 2020 approaches, in every creative arena, "the Poem" (as the great scholar Charles Singleton liked to call it) looms as an ever-more-common referent.
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Sparknotes
http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/inferno/
enotes.com
http://www.enotes.com/inferno
Columbia University's Digital Dante- Everything you want to know about Dante Alighieri, Medieval Italian poet and author of "The Divine Comedy," is here: biographical information, electronic texts, associated artwork, scholarly articles, even a list of the books he read.
http://dante.ilt.columbia.edu/new/
University of Adelaide's eBooks@Adelaide- The University of Adelaide Library maintains eBooks@Adelaide, a free virtual collection of classic works in literature, philosophy, science, and history. The texts, most of which are complemented by biographical notes and related links, can be read online or downloaded for later use. Italian poet Dante Alighieri is represented in this collection by The Divine Comedy: The Vision of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, translated by Henry Francis Cary and illustrated by Gustave Doré. The entry also features an image of the author.
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/d/dante/
The Literature Network- Dante Alighieri is widely regarded as one of the greatest poets in Italy, if not the world. The Literature Network presents a brief biography of this poetic genius and a short description of his famous epic, "The Divine Comedy," which describes his journey through Hell to Paradise. The site also includes the entire text of this poem, with a search feature that allows readers to find key words or phrases.
http://www.online-literature.com/dante/
The Princeton Dante Project - If you are interested in learning more about Dante Alighieri or his works, then this is the web site for you! Registration at this incredible web site is required, but there is no fee. One can read an English translation of The Divine Comedy or translations of several, but not all, of his works. One can learn about the artists who depicted Dante's visions, listen to a specific cantos in English or Italian, or read a lecture on his life or the "moral situation of the reader." Links provide the reader with a great deal of additional information.
http://etcweb.princeton.edu/dante/index.html
State University of New York (SUNY): The Stony Brook Dante Project
This web site offers English translations of The Divine Comedy and other selected poems written by Dante Alighieri. Selected poems were taken from Vita Nuova, Canzoniere, Convivio, and personal correspondence. One nice feature is that the English translation of a line in any poem sits next to the Italian words as written several hundred years ago by Dante. The web site does offer links to other web sites to learn more about this famous Italian poet and his works.
http://www.italianstudies.org/comedy/index.htm
University of Virginia's The World of Dante
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded a grant of $184,060 to Deborah Parker, Professor of Italian Language and Literature, to extend her electronic teaching resource on Dante’s Divine Comedy, The World of Dante. This multi-media website is an educational tool intended to deepen students understanding of Dante’s remarkable visual imagination.
http://www3.iath.virginia.edu/dante/
About Dante's Life
Standford University's Encyclopedia of Philosophy- This web site provides a technical summary of Dante Alighieri's life and most famous works. Aside from learning about his life, one can read about his early poetry experience and his philosophical training. There is an analysis of specific works; the Convivio, the Monarchio, and the Commedia (The Divine Comedy.) A list of additional resources is also provided. There are direct quotes from his work, written in Tuscan Italian, accompanied by an English translation.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dante/
Società Dantesca Italiana- Did you know that Dante Alighieri is considered to be one of the three universal geniuses of Western European literature? (The other two being Shakespeare and Goethe.) Learn this and much more at this web site. Here one can find a complete summary of Dante's life and the text to much of his published works. Some of the works are available only as they were written, but others, such as The Divine Comedy, can be translated into English. Great graphics accompany the text.
http://www.danteonline.it/english/home_ita.asp
World Book Online. Date Alighieri: This site provides biographical information about Dante and his work. This is information is provided by World Book. Dante was a great thinker and one of the most learned writers of all time. Many scholars consider The Divine Comedy a summary of medieval thought. Dante had a tremendous influence on later writers. Geoffrey Chaucer and John Milton imitated his works. Dante influenced such writers as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, Lord Tennyson, Victor Hugo, Friedrich Schlegel, and T. S. Eliot.
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar147940&st=dante
Dane Alighieri, Poet, Spritual Writer- This web site has much information on the life of Dante Alighieri and his works. There is a thorough discussion of Beatrice (Bica Portinari) and her influence on his works. The web site is mostly informational, but does offer links to Shakespeare and C.S. Lewis, who was greatly influenced by Dante. Discussion of some aspects of Dante's work is found here as well. There is even advice and tips on how to read his works and which publications or editions to choose. Sponsored by the Society of Archbishop Justus.
http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/244.html
Biography.com - Did you know that Dante' Alighieri's (great)-great-grandfather, Cacciaguida, knighted by Emperor Conrad III, died while fighting in the Second Crusade? Learn this and so much more about Dante and his works at this web site. There is a thorough discussion of Dante's life. Material found here is mostly informational; however, the web site does offer links to other web site bearing information about this famous Italian poet, politician, and philosopher.
http://www.biography.com/search/article.jsp?aid=9265912
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Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. Dante Alighieri.
(1265–1321), Italian poet, and one of the supreme figures of world literature, who was admired for the depth of his spiritual vision and for the range of his intellectual accomplishment. This article from Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia is available online. The article addresses Dante Alighieri's political years in addition to general biographical information and The Divine Comedy.
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Msn.Encarta- This article, from
Encarta Encyclopedia, examines the life and work of the world-renowned poet, Dante Alighieri. Topics include his early life in Florence, when he met and fell in love with Beatrice Portinari and his first major work, "La Vita Nuova," which was written about her, his political involvement, which led to his banishment from Florence, and his last years. Encarta also looks at Alighieri's masterpiece, "The Divine Comedy," and its lasting influence on art, music, and literature.
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761564824_2/Dante_Alighieri.html