Citings & Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture
“…the literary critic Walter Benn Michaels went so far as to suggest that the beauty and difficulty of watching “The Wire” in English — the multifarious 21st-century English of Baltimore detectives and drug dealers — compares with that of reading Dante in 14th-century Italian.” [. . .] –Wyatt Mason, The New York Times, March 15, 2010
In “South Park” (episode 410), there is a reference to the River Styx condominiums in hell.
Contributed by Tyler Doherty (EHS student)
“Styx Feet Under” is the 5th episode of the 7th season of “Charmed” where Piper becomes an angel of death. There are various references to death and hell in the episode.
Contributed by Tyler Doherty (EHS student)
Second series of Doctor Who, Episodes 8 and 9: The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit
In the fourth episode of the eighth season of Frasier (November 14, 2000), Frasier offers to tutor his boss on the finer things in life saying that he will be the Virgil to his boss’ Dante.
Contributed by Charlie Russell-Schlesinger (Bowdoin, ’08)
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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.
