The paradiso
By: Dante Alighieri ; translated by John Ciardi ; with an introduction by John Freccero and an afterword by Edward M. Cifelli
Contributors: Ciardi, John, 1916-1986; Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)
Series: Signet Classics
Publisher: New American Library; Signet Classics
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9780451531414
Subjects: Poetry; Paradise
Description: The final canticle of Dante's "The Divine Comedy" shares the ultimate goal of human striving: the merging of individual destiny with universal order. One of the towering creations of world literature, Dante's vision of universal harmony and eternal salvation is an immortal hymn to God, Nature, Eternity, and Love.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.