Citings & Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture
“As Lucifer works to perfect his own garden of Eden within his newly-created universe, evil forces begin to work against him and the Archangel Michael finds himself torn between his service to God and to his brother Lucifer.” —Mike Carey, <em>Lucifer Vol. 4: The Divine Comedy</em>, Amazon, April 2003 (retrieved February 21, 2024)
“The City of Sin is embodied in Dante’s Hotel and Casino, which reaches out to a more adult audience with its gothic theme. Its opening is planned for the end of the year.” —Rainbow Six Vegas, Ubisoft Montreal, July 3, 2010 (retrieved February 21, 2024)
“[The Straight Way Lost] is a 400-page book that is one part sourcebook and setting guide for fantasy gaming in a Renaissance that never quite was, and the other part an earth-shaking adventure of intrigue, terror and
triumph.
“This gripping adventure for 5e is set in a fantastical version of Renaissance Italy and features a voyage between Heaven and Hell
inspired by that most renowned of Italian poems, [La Divina Commedia].
[…]
“It is the year 1492. In the mighty city-state of Florence, Girolamo Savonarola, the charismatic prior of San Marco is fighting to rid society of the decay that has set in under the reign of the Medici family. The adventurers are drawn into this political game of intrigue and set out to find a cure for the evil that has befallen their home. Their journey will have them cross paths with the mysterious fey queen of the Apennine and discover the secrets of the strange nexus realm the fae call the Great Loom, but only after following in the footsteps of Dante Alighieri through the netherworlds can the heroes return to face the enemy and help create their City On A Hill.” —Vortex Verlag, The Straight Way Lost, Kickstarter, January 26, 2024 (retrieved February 6, 2024)
“IDW Publishing’s Godzilla in Hell miniseries has Godzilla finding himself in Hell after accidentally destroying the planet in a battle with SpaceGodzilla and rampaging his way through the levels of Hell to find a way out, destroying the ‘Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here’ sign with his atomic breath, battling demons and manifestations of familiar monsters representing various sins, and turning a version of the Mount of Purgatory made up of monster parts into a battlefield between the forces of Heaven and Hell that want to recruit Godzilla into their ranks.” —James Stokoe, “Divine Comedy in popular culture,” Wikipedia (retrieved January 24, 2024)
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Azarael Peterson of DeMatha Catholic High School (Hyattsville, Maryland) designed a set of playing cards featuring numerous characters from Purgatorio, created as an assignment for DeMatha ethics and theology instructor Homer Twigg’s unit on Purgatorio.
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Coggeshall, Elizabeth, and Arielle Saiber, eds. Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Website. Access date.
