Dante Alighieri's The Inferno
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1. / Dante's "Clickable" Inferno
http://www.carthage.edu/dept/english/dante/Title.html
This interactive site allows readers to explore various translations of Dante's text and provides thorough explanations of the allusions to further demonstrate the text as a political allegory.
2. / Dante Alighieri on the Web
http://www.greatdante.net/index.html
This site focuses on the life, times, and works of the author of The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri.
3. / Hell: The Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth
http://www.wolfram.demon.co.uk/rp_dante_hell.html
This site provides detailed maps, images, and explanations for the cantos in Dante Alighieri's The Inferno.
4. / Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/dante.htm
This site describes the historical contextin which Dante Alighieri lived.
5. / Image Collection Inspired by Dante's Inferno
http://www.simons-rock.edu/~dand/CD_Dante_Home.html
This site includes various images from The Inferno as interpretted by different artists. This is an extremely useful site to help students visualize each level of hell, while at the same time fostering an appreciation for art.
6. / The Divine Comedy
http://italian.about.com/library/anthology/dante/blinfernoindex.htm
This site providestext ofTheInferno written in both English and Italian.It also providesarticle links for further research.