Library Resources for FRIT 33 (Dante)

Databases and Indexes

The Library Catalog

Find known items: books you have identified in bibliographies, etc. (author or title search)
Find journals (title search)
Find books on your topic (subject or keyword search)
Some sample subject headings:

MLA International Bibliography: Main database for West European literatures, languages and folklore. Journal articles, chapters in books, dissertations, books, etc. No book reviews.
Essay and General Literature Index: Very useful for articles in books that are not always found in the other indexes.
Wilson Combined Indexes: Journal articles only. Wide range of topics; mainstream English-language journals and a few foreign ones (from Time Magazine to Italian Studies). Includes book reviews. Advantage: direct links to some electronic journals; call numbers for journals in the library.
American Dante Bibliography: Contains the annotated bibliographies of Dante scholarship published annually in Dante Studies from 1953, under the editorship of Anthony L. Pellegrini, to the present, under the editorship of Christopher Kleinhenz. These archives are made available by the Dante Society of America and are maintained at the Brandeis University Libraries.

Other Dante Web Pages

Dartmouth Dante Project: This database contains the full text of Dante's Divine Comedy and commentaries on it from over 70 authors in Latin, Italian and English. It was developed at Dartmouth College under the direction of Prof. Robert Hollander of Princeton University.
Digital Dante: The ILTweb Digital Dante Project is a long-term effort of the Institute for Learning Technologies at Columbia University to prototype and develop an online, multimedia Dante-related academic resource combining traditional elements of scholarly research with new communication and presentation possibilities enabled by networked digital technology.
EBDSA: An Online Journal For Dante Scholars Provided By The Dante Society Of America

Some Reference Books About Dante (and Italian Literature)

The Dante encyclopedia. Ed. Richard Lansing. New York : Garland Pub., 2000.
Baker/Berry Ref PQ4333 .D36 2000
Dictionary of Italian literature. Ed. Peter Bondanella and Julia Conaway Bondanella, Rev., expanded ed. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1996.
Baker/Berry Ref PQ/4006/D45/1996
The New Century Italian Renaissance encyclopedia. Edited by Catherine B. Avery. New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts [1972]
Baker/Berry Ref DG/537.8/A1/N48
Dizionario critico della letteratura italiana. Ed. Vittore Branca; Torino: Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese, [1974]
Baker Berry PQ4006 .D495 v.1-3

Some Bibliographies about Dante

Esposito, Enzo. Bibliografia analitica degli scritti su Dante, 1950-1970 [Firenze?] : L.S. Olschki, 1990.
Baker Berry Z/8215/E76/1990
Dalla bibliografia alla storiografia : la critica dantesca nel mondo dal 1965 al 1990 / a cura di Enzo Esposito. Ravenna : Longo, c1995. Bibliografia e storia della critica ; 12.
Baker Berry PQ/4381/D34/1995

Look for "hidden bibliographies" not only in the reference books (above) but in any book or article on Dante.

Do a Subject Search in the Catalogİ: Dante Alighieri 1265 -1321 Bibliography

Getting books and articles from other libraries

Interlibrary Loan: If the Dartmouth College Library doesn't own the item you need for your research, we can borrow it (or get a photocopy of an article) from another library which does have it. We have an award-winning Interlibrary Loan Department; they can get most items in 10-14 days. (Occasionally it's even less, but we can't guarantee it!) This service isn't for last-minute needs, obviously, but with some lead time we can get almost anything. There's no charge for the service.

Use the WorldCat to verify books in other libraries. Before you click on the ILL button in WorldCat, make sure you have checked the Dartmouth Library Catalog. (WorldCat does not always know whether we have a particular book).
Fill in a form either on-line or in paper (available at the Reference Desk) to order articles or books.

More Books

The Cambridge companion to Dante. Edited by Rachel Jacoff. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Baker Berry PQ/4335/C36/1993

Some Journals about Dante

Dante studies. Cambridge, Mass., Dante Society of America [etc.]
Baker/Berry Stacks PQ/4331/A35 Library has v.1st (1882) - to date
Lectura Dantis. Charlottesville, VA : Italian Program, Dept. of Spanish, Italian, and Portugese, University of Virginia, 1987-1998.
Baker Berry PQ/4331/A36/L42 Library has no.1-23 (Fall 1987-Spr./Fall 1998)
Deutsches Dante-Jahrbuch. Koln [etc.] Bohlau-Verlag [etc.]
Baker Berry PQ/4331/A5 Library has bd.47 (1972) - to date Lacks: v.1-9(1867-1925); n.f.bd.1-46(1928-1971)
Letture classensi. Ravenna : Longo,
Baker Berry PQ/4331/A215 Library has v.1 (1966) - to date Lacks: v.4
Studi danteschi. Firenze, G.C.SANSONI. Societa Dantesca Italiana, Florence. Bullettino.
Baker Berry PQ/4332/S67 Library has v.1 (1920) - to date