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Northern Exposure, S05E17: “Una Volta in L’inverno” (1994)
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Northern Exposure, S05E17: “Una Volta in L’inverno” (1994)

“Ruth-Anne is learning Italian on a tape because she ‘always wanted to read Dante in the original.’ Her friend Shelly asks what is Dante and Ruth-Anne explains that he is an Italian poet and author of the Divine Comedy, ‘one of the great works of literature.”    –Helena Helmke

Scene at 4:10

Contributed by Helena Helmke (FSU ’27)

Sighting Citation:

Northern Exposure, S05E17: “Una Volta in L’inverno” (1994).” Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Elizabeth Coggeshall and Arielle Saiber, eds. May 29, 2025. https://www.dantetoday.org/sightings/northern-exposure-s05e17-una-volta-in-linverno-1994/.