The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri. Volume 1 Inferno - Volume 1,

Robert Durling's prose translation brings a new power and accuracy to the rendering of Dante's extraordinary vision of Hell, with all its terror, pathos, and sardonic humor.

Readers will prize the directness and clarity, the rich expressiveness, and the rigorous accuracy of this contemporary prose translation.

The concise Introduction presents essential biographical and historical background and a discussion of the form of the poem.

The Notes are more extensive than those in most translations currently available, and they contain much new material.

Robert Turner's illustrations include detailed maps of Italy, clearly labeled diagrams of the cosmos and of the structure of Hell, and line drawings of objects and places mentioned in the poem.