Dante Alighieri: The Divine Comedy

All the essays offer useful starting points for various topics. The end of this book contains a treasure trove "further reading" section organized thematically.

(also available as an eBook) This volume of the Oxford Handbooks series contains numerous essays on various topics for the study of Dante.

(also available as an eBook) This volume of the Cambridge Companions series contains numerous essays on various topics for the study of Dante. The essays introducing each book of the Divine Comedy are particularly useful.

A wide-ranging encyclopedia on topics related to Dante. Each article contains ideas for further research.

A short introductory text designed to introduce students to Dante. Check here for ideas for research themes and suggestions for further reading.

This book contains a significant discussion of sloth, or the sin of inaction, throughout the Comedy.

The author investigates the ethical implications of Dante's Purgatorio. The study focuses on the sins of pride, sloth, and avarice, revealing what Dante would want his readers to know concerning these sins' effects.

This is a classic and influential study of how Dante envisions divine punishment and justice in the Comedy.

This monograph is a scholarly investigation into Dante's relationship with the Christian mystical tradition, as explored through Dante's portrayal of Bernard in the Paradiso.

Denys Turner considers Dante's Divine Comedy primarily as a work of theology.