Inferno - Penguin Classics Author:Dante Alighieri The most famous of the three canticles that comprise The Divine Comedy, Inferno describes Dante's descent in Hell midway through his life with Virgil as a guide. As he descends through nine concentric circles of increasingly agonizing torture, Dante encounters doomed souls that include the pagan Aeneas, the liar Odysseus, the suicidal Cle... more »opatra, and his own political enemies, damned for their deceit. Led by leering demons, Dante must ultimately journey with Virgil to the deepest level of allfor it is only by encountering Satan himself, in the heart of Hell, that he can truly understand the tragedy of sin. BACKCOVER: The perfect balance of tightness and colloquialism... likely to be the best modern version of Dante.
Bernard O'Donoghue
This version is the first to bring together poetry and scholarship in the very body of the translationa deeply informed version of Dante that is also a pleasure to read.
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