Dante Alighieri's (1265-1321) masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, has been read and studied with great enthusiasm in the Nordic countries. Indeed interest seems to be on the increase: Dante's works are studied across different disciplines to the extent that we can now talk of a new generation of dantisti among Nordic scholars. This anthology consists of proceedings from the Third Conference of the Nordic Dante Network at the University of Oslo, September 2006. The domestic readings are the result of a fruitful dialogue within international scholarship, whilst concurrently having their own individual characteristics. The opening chapter is written by one of the world's leading Dante scholars, Giuseppe Mazzotta, Sterling Professor at Yale University and the current President of the Dante Society of America. Unn Falkeid (ed.) is a Postdoctoral fellow in Italian literature at the University of Oslo. Contributors: Giuseppe Mazzotta, Trond Berg Eriksen, Anders Cullhed, Hanne Roer, Jesper Hede, Ülar Ploom, Leonardo Cecchini, Asbjørn Bjornes, Espen Grønlie, P.M. Mehtonen, Unn Falkeid, Jørn Moestrup, Ole Meyer, Conni-Kay Jørgensen.
