The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso
Categories: Literature & Fiction
Dante Alighieri's epic poem follows the poet's imagined journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, guided first by Virgil and then by Beatrice. Written in the early fourteenth century, it describes the souls he meets and their punishments or rewards, mixing theology, politics, history and personal memory. This Everyman's Library edition presents the complete poem in Allen Mandelbaum's translation in a single volume.
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- Shane Parrish: “The Divine Comedy, by the poet Dante, is a masterpiece. Despite this common knowledge most people have never read the adventure story: “a journey into the mysteries of the afterlife, a pilgrimage through hell, purgatory, and paradise towards a final, face-to-face meeting with God.” At a broader level, the poem deals with themes of life most of us grapple with: what matters? how should we judge beh”