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This single volume, blank verse translation of The Divine Comedy includes an
introduction, maps of Dante's Italy, Hell, Purgatory, Geocentric Universe, and
political panorama of the thirteenth and early fourteenth century, diagrams and
notes providing the reader with invaluable guidance. Described as the "fifth
gospel" because of its evangelical purpose, this spiritual autobiography creates
a world in which reason and faith have transformed moral and social chaos into
order. It is one of the most important works in the literature of Western Europe
and is considered the greatest poem of the European Middle Ages.