Dante Today

Citings & Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture

  • Sign displayed above The Bookstore and Get Lit Wine Bar in Lenox, MA (Summer 2021). Photo courtesy of Christian Dupont, contributed by Christian and Silvia … [Continue Reading]

    Dante in the Berkshires: “Abandon All Despair”

  • The fourth season of Hulu's dystopian drama The Handmaid's Tale (based on Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel of the same name) features two characters roaming the … [Continue Reading]

    Dante’s Pizzeria in <em>The Handmaid’s Tale</em> (S04E05)

  • "Enigmatic and sexy, Professor Gabriel Emerson is a well-respected Dante specialist by day, but by night he devotes himself to an uninhibited life of pleasure. … [Continue Reading]

    Sylvain Reynard, <em>Gabriel’s Inferno</em> (2012)

  • "I created a one-of-a-kind ring inspired by Dante’s The Divine Comedy, Paradiso, Canto 33, The Final Vision. I've studied The Divine Comedy in both English and … [Continue Reading]

    Donna Distefano’s “The Love That Moves the Sun and the Other Stars” Ring

  • Canadian industrial rock pioneers Skinny Puppy released the single "Dig It," from their album Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse (Nettwerk Records), in 1986. The … [Continue Reading]

    Skinny Puppy, “Dig It” (1986)

Welcome to Dante Today

Dante Today is a curated, crowd-sourced repository for “citings” and “sightings” of Dante and his work in contemporary culture. Online since 2006.

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Coggeshall, Elizabeth, and Arielle Saiber, eds. Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture. Website. Access date.

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