Italian Language and Literature 

• The Dante Encyclopedia.  General Reference: PQ 4333 .D36 2000
• Enciclopedia dantesca, 6 volumes: D level Stacks PG 1333 .E5 1970 Quarto
• The Cambridge Companion to Dante. D Level: PQ 4335 .C36 2007
• Dictionary of the Middle Ages, with a good article on "Dante".  General Reference D 114 .D51 1982 QUARTO
• Companion to the Divine Comedy. Charles Grandgent. D Level: PG 1464 .G7 1975
• Concordanza della Commedia di Dante Alighieri, 3 volumes. D Level: PG 1464 .L67 1975 
• A dictionary of proper names and notable matters in the works of Dante. by Paget Toynbee: D Level PG 1333 .T68 1968

• Dartmouth Dante Project (DDP): a searchable database of the Commedia and over 70 commentaries. 
• Princeton Dante Project (PDP): text of the Commedia, a translation, audio reading, texts of minor works, links to historical and literary material, images, ... 
• The World of Dante: from the University of Virginia. Searchable hypertext of the Commedia, plus images 
• Dante Studies: a rich Web site. Use the various drop-down menus to navigate. 
• Digital Dante: from Columbia University, another multi-media Web site. 
• The ORB: Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies. Lots of resources on the Middle Ages. Good page of Dante links.

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Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia
Italy--History--1268-1492
Florence (Italy)--History--To 1421
Italy--Civilization--1268-1559
Medieval Philosophy
Civilization, Medieval

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