Longfellows Notes Are a Hidden Treasure: The Best Free English-Language Dante Commentary
“`html Most people know that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow translated Dante. Far fewer realize that his notes are arguably more valuable than the translation itself—and they’re completely free. I discovered this by accident. While hunting for a modern Dante edition, I stumbled onto Project Gutenberg and found Longfellow’s 1867 Divine Comedy with full scholarly apparatus. What … Read more