CliffsNotes on Dante's Divine Comedy

By Harold M Priest

Subjects: Paradiso (Dante Alighieri), Purgatorio (Dante Alighieri), Nonfiction, POETRY, Literary Criticism, Continental European, Literature, history and criticism

Description: Dante wrote three epic poems about heaven, purgatory, and hell. Paradiso is about the first and is encyclopedic in scope and information. From Dante's own world of politics, theology, and learning, he poured everything he was and knew into this text.