In 1921 he published The Cryptography of Dante, "a quasi-psychoanalytic, crypto-linguistic exegesis of The Divine Comedy claiming to have discovered the method for decoding the work's secret meanings.

You may or may not share Dante’s religious convictions, but perhaps you can relate to the notion that romantic love at its ...

This applies nicely to Dante’s “Divine Comedy.” Its garden is the poem’s otherworld—based on the ancient geocentric cosmos and Christian eschatology—and its toads are Dante’s ...

Discover how satire, humor, and societal critique shaped Western theater in this insightful overview of the ancient Greek comedy.

With the release of its second season, many characters have been getting illustrations to promote this new season. As with any adaptation, the Solo Leveling anime made a few changes from the ...

McCrae’s work obsessively retreads paths through Heaven, history, and eternal torment. What can we learn from his relentless ...

Comedy as a genre is a huge umbrella that ranges from wacky slapstick to the driest witty satire, and one of the best subgenres on that spectrum is dark comedy. Typically balancing humor, drama ...

In light of recent events, it might be a good time to remember a very simple truth: Nazis are ALWAYS the bad guys.

They got the last laugh. Justin and Hailey Bieber enjoyed a date night at a comedy club just days after the pop star claimed “someone” unfollowed his wife on his Instagram account. The couple ...

This year’s Super Bowl commercials went for easy laughs and nostalgia, largely steering clear of controversy and leaving the surprises on the football field, where the Philadelphia Eagles ...

American comedian describes the painful, cathartic process of making Netflix's "Mo" while his family endured turmoil in the West Bank ...