Dante’s Commedia, or How to Escape a Modern Inferno

Dante Alighieri is considered a “Dead White European Male” of dubious relevancy by certain modern academic circles. However, Dante is alive and well, as are so many contemporary examples of the souls inhabiting his Inferno. After all, many of works of our own contemporary age can’t help but leave us feeling empty and soul-wary, or as if we were reading …