Dante Alighieri · poetry-cycle
Divine Comedy books in order
Dante's three-part narrative poem comprising Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.
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- 1 Inferno
Book 1 · epic-poem · 1314
Belonging in the immortal company of the great works of literature, Dante Alighieri’s poetic masterpiece, *The Divine Comedy* (Italian: *Divina Commedia),* is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite…
- 2 Purgatorio
Book 2 · epic-poem · 1315
In Purgatorio Dante, having described his journey into Hell, narrates his ascent of Mount Purgatory with Virgil, as he encounters penitents who toil through physical agonies, starvation and flames to assuage their earthly vices. Only by…
- 3 Paradiso
Book 3 · epic-poem · 1321
The Divine Comedy stands as one of the towering creations of world literature, and its climactic section, the Paradiso, is perhaps the most ambitious poetic attempt ever made to represent the merging of individual destiny with universal…
