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Dante's vs. Niven and Pournelle's Inferno - Essay on the pastiche by two twentieth-century hard science-fiction writers. Includes comparisons between the original and modernized versions of each Circle of Hell.
Meta Description: [ Holding up a great literary work of the Italian Renaissance to a pale, modern imitation, though I must say Niven and Pournelle are a hell of a lot more readable than Dante. ]
Dante, Chaucer, and the Currency of the Word - Money, images, and reference in late Medieval poetry.
Lectura Dantis - Journal of Dante research and interpretation published twice a year.
Meta Description: [ A forum for Dante research and interpretation ]
Narrative and Style in Lower Hell - Excerpt from the book The Undivine Comedy: Detheologizing Dante, by Teodolinda Barolini, with annotations in hypertext.
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