Comprised of three books - "Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso" - "Dante's Divine Comedy" follows Dante Alighieri's epic poems follows Dante through the different sections of the afterlife; hell, purgatory, and heaven. "Divine Comedy" began as a project in 1308 and ended in 1320, the year before Dante's death. Told in first person, Dante follows the poet Virgil through the rings of hell and purgatory. "The Divine Comedy" is a highly allegorical text and...

The crowning glory of Dante's immortal The Divine Comedy, The Paradiso conveys a supreme poet's dramatic vision of the workings of the universe and of man's place within the eternal order. Unequaled in the vivid power of its language, this magnificent achievement has been superbly rendered into English by the American poet John Ciardi.

The classic story of a man who endures the torment of Hell and Purgatory in his quest to reach Paradise.

Belonging in the immortal company of the great works of literature, Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, 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 -- the sphere of universal harmony and eternal salvation.