And what an addiction The Divine Comedy inspired: a literary work endlessly ... Satan himself is referred to as Dis, another name for Pluto, the god of the underworld. Alamy Dante’s vision ...

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 ...

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