Citings & Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture
“By Thursday, nearly 30 tractor-trailers had been loaded with classic Astroland rides and driven out. There was no sign of the Scrambler, the Tilt-a-Whirl or the Mini Tea Cup. Dante’s Inferno, a haunted house, stood empty and ravaged, looking more haunted than ever. The Pirate Ship was moored atop a flatbed truck, awaiting storage.” [. . .] –David W. Dunlap and Ann Farmer, The New York Times, January 9, 2009
Photo by Marta Lwin, 2004
“Formerly known as Purgatory, many of the run names at Durango Mountain Resort were inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy, such as Demon, Hades, Styx, and Limbo. With 300 days of sunshine and 260 inches of snow annually, however, Durango Mountain belies the imagery created by its run names.” —Go-Colorado (retrieved on September 15, 2006)
Contributed by Travis Arnold (Bowdoin, ’01); Patrick Molloy
Found at Aelis.ChaosNet (retrieved on September 15, 2006)
See blog at DanteNet
Reprinted by Corriere della Sera (2006) (retrieved on September 15, 2006).
See also Alberto Brambilla’s 2013 blogpost on the origins of L’Inferno di Topolino.
