For me, the name Dante conjured up two images. The first was the epic depictions of Hell from Dante's Inferno, with people burning for their sins. The second im

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The English language in the Renaissance was in many ways a collection of competing Englishes. Paula Blank investigates the representation of alternative vernacu

A leading American poet reclaims the realm of criticism in distinctive and impassioned readings of poems and other works of art.