The Divine Comedy

<p><strong>The authoritative translations of <em>The Inferno</em>, <em>The Purgatorio</em>, and <em>The Paradiso&mdash;</em>together in one volume.</strong><br /><br />Belonging in the immortal company of the great works of literature, Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, <em>The Divine Comedy,</em> is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up the arduous slopes of Purgatory, and on to the glorious realm of Paradise&mdash;the sphere of universal harmony and eternal salvation.<br /><br />Now, for the first time, John Ciardi's brilliant and authoritative translations of Dante's three soaring canticles&mdash;<em>The Inferno, The Purgatorio, </em>and <em>The Paradiso&mdash;</em>have been gathered together in a single volume. Crystallizing the power and beauty inherent in the great poet's immortal conception of the aspiring soul, <em>The Divine Comedy</em> is a dazzling work of sublime truth and mystical intensity.</p>