Tag Archives: Dante

Reaching Out to the Poor and Oppressed

By Robin Bates | Published: September 17, 2022

Martha Serpas calls out America on how it treats the poor and unfortunate.

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When Reading Dante Was a Radical Act

By Robin Bates | Published: February 23, 2022

In Matthew Pearl’s 19th century murder mystery “Dante Club,” translating Dante is dangerous business.

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Frozen in the Ice of Indifference

By Robin Bates | Published: August 23, 2021

The difference between politicians who care and those who don’t is the difference between Dante’s Purgatory and Inferno.

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The Poetry of Hummingbirds

By Robin Bates | Published: August 4, 2021

Hummingbirds are simultaneously beautiful and terrifying, as D. H. Lawrence points out.

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Eternally Damned after Reading a Book

By Robin Bates | Published: June 23, 2021

In which I compare Austen’s Marianne and Willoughby to Dante’s Paulo and Francesca.

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O Virgin Mother, Daughter of the Sun

By Robin Bates | Published: May 8, 2021

To celebrate Mother’s Day, here’s the moment in “Paradiso” when Dante meets Mary.

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Will Trump Pay? Literature Is Unsure

By Robin Bates | Published: February 21, 2021

Will Trump escape all accountability? Literature weighs in.

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Erotic Love, a Window into God

By Robin Bates | Published: February 13, 2021

Some Christian see a clash between sex and love. Dante and Milton found ways to reconcile them.

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Trump Resembles Dante’s Corrupt Popes

By Robin Bates | Published: February 1, 2021

Trump’s resemblance to Antipope Benedict XIII spells trouble for America’s immediate future. We’ve already seen his resemblance to Dante’s Boniface VIII.

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