In 1321, the leading citizens of Ravenna, Italy, carried Dante’s body to his grave, far from his native Florence, from which he had been exiled for years. Left behind was one of the modern world’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 9—For a long time, Ric Burns thought he was going to be a professor of literature. Then he followed his brother, Ken, into ...

Explore how Dante's exile from Florence influenced and motivated his work. Explore the despair and anger Dante felt after being unjustly exiled from Florence, and how his exile and the death of ...

The summer heat has me thinking of Dante's "Divina Commedia," theDivine Comedy. In the first part, the Inferno, the journey begins inHell, where Dante and the poet Virgil encounter the damned and ...

For a long time, Ric Burns thought he was going to be a professor of literature. Then he followed his brother, Ken, into filmmaking. Burns began his latest project, “Dante: Inferno to Paradise,” more ...