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Dante’s World of Dan Brown

Dan Brown’s novel, Inferno, has introduced many new readers to the work of Dante.  Here are a few of the sights and people mentioned (no spoilers).

Dante first meets Beatrice, his eternal love.





Here is that same location today in Florence ( the Ponte Santa Trinita) on the Arno River.



The Divine Comedy reflects the [...]

Paolo and Francesca

Dante spends some time talking to one couple swirling in the wind, locked together for eternity. They are Paolo and Francesca, lovers, famous even in Dante’s time. Unfortunately, Paolo was not married to Francesca, he was her brother in law and was murdered by her husband, caught in [...]

The Falsifiers

In the middle of Dante’s discussion with the Alchemists, two other souls run up. Dante watches in horror while one of them sinks his teeth into the sinner Dante was speaking with and drags him away like prey. These souls are the falsifiers of people, condemned to an eternity [...]

Sinners in Flames

Dante and Virgil climb out of the valley of the thieves and see the next valley below them dark and dotted with small lights like fireflies. As they get closer they see that these lights are really flames with souls encased inside of them. This is the valley of [...]

Ten Reasons to Read Dante

10 Reasons to Read Dante

Afterlife: An Introduction to Dante's Inferno

Giveaway

To download a FREE  chapter from the upcoming book - “An Introduction to Purgatory”-Email me at danteexplorer@gmail.com and type the word “Giveaway” in the subject line.  You will automatically be sent a link to your chapter.

Free Introduction to Purgatory

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Work in progress for new book-Purgatory

Just as the landscape of Dante’s Purgatory is very different from that of Hell, the second book of Dante’s Divine Comedy is a radical change from Inferno. Unlike Inferno, Purgatorio is a book of hope and transformation. Although the structure of the poem is the same, the mood is very different.
Dante’s trip to Hell took him down to the center of the earth and continued out the other end. Dante’s ‘geography’ places the entrance of Hell at Jerusalem with the island of Purgatory being located at the exact opposite side of the earth.

Dante's Inferno

Dante and Virgil encounter Paolo and Francesca in the circle of the lustful.

Afterlife: An Introduction to Dante's Inferno

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