The following article is adapted from the introduction of Clive James’ new translation of The Divine Comedy, out now from Liveright.* The linked rhymes of the terza rima were a gesture toward form, ...

After 30 years in the game, The Divine Comedy’s louche mastermind Neil Hannon has marked the occasion with a sumptuous re-mastered 12 CD box set: Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time – Thirty Years of The ...

What happens when you take the poetry out of Dante? If you replace the verse with another art -- say, Seymour Chwast's diabolically witty, devilishly expressive cartoon drawings -- you end up with a ...

When Dante Alighieri died 700 years ago, on Sept. 14, 1321, he had just put his final flourishes on the “Divine Comedy,” a monumental poem that would inspire readers for centuries. The “Divine Comedy” ...

Sandro Botticelli, “Beatrice explains to Dante the order of the cosmos (Divine Comedy, Paradiso II)” (circa 1481–1495), pen and brown ink over metal pen on parchment, 32.4 x 47.4 cm (© Staatliche ...

Going to hell is usually a tough break. But the poet Michael Palma doesn't seem to mind. To course through bitter waters presently, My wit’s small craft hoists sails for embarkation And takes its ...

VATICAN CITY — In a letter for the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, Pope Francis said that the mystery of Christ’s Incarnation is the “true heart and inspiration” of Dante’s great ...

The bust of Italian poet Dante Alighieri is seen at Villa Borghese park, in Rome, Italy June 1, 2021. Reuters ROME, June 10 – Italian epic poet Dante is going to heaven – again. Dante, Italy’s ...

You may have pegged The Divine Comedy as “chamber pop”, but Neil Hannon’s 12th album laughs in the face of categorisation. In the Northern Irish songwriter’s own words, these are the “weird” songs ...

The Divine Comedy have announced they will release a new greatest hits album Charmed Life - The Best of The Divine Comedy. Set to arrive on February 4 2022, the standard edition of the album features ...

OFF A BUSY street in Florence stands the church of San Remigio. The chapel nearest the left of the altar was patronised by the Gaddi family, one of whose most illustrious sons, Niccolò Gaddi, ...