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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri

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Dante's supreme masterpiece follows the poet's journey through the three realms of the afterlife, the torments of Hell (Inferno), the hopeful climb of Purgatory, and the radiant spheres of Paradise, guided first by the poet Virgil and then by his beloved Beatrice toward a final vision of divine love. This complete edition presents all three canticles of the Divine Comedy in English translation. A staggering fusion of poetry, theology, philosophy, and human drama, it maps the moral universe of the Middle Ages while speaking to every age about sin, redemption, and the longing of the soul. One of the greatest achievements in all of literature, the complete Divine Comedy is Dante's timeless journey from darkness to light.

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Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri, widely known mononymously as Dante, was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.