Dante Alighieri. Poet and Philosopher. The Divine Comedy. by Travis Simpkins

Dante Alighieri. Poet and Philosopher. The Divine Comedy. Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Dante Alighieri

(1265 - 1321)

Italian Poet, Writer and Philosopher

Author of The Divine Comedy

Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso

by Travis Simpkins

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri. Poet and Philosopher. The Divine Comedy

For more info, please visit:

poetryfoundation.org/dante-alighieri

Dante Alighieri. The Divine Comedy. Map of Hell. Sandro Botticelli. by Travis Simpkins

Dante Alighieri. Poet and Philosopher. The Divine Comedy. by Travis Simpkins

Dante Alighieri. Poet and Philosopher. The Divine Comedy. Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Dante Alighieri

(1265 - 1321)

Italian Poet, Writer and Philosopher

Author of The Divine Comedy

Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso

by Travis Simpkins

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri. Poet and Philosopher. The Divine Comedy

For more info, please visit:

poetryfoundation.org/dante-alighieri

Dante Alighieri. The Divine Comedy. Map of Hell. Sandro Botticelli. by Travis Simpkins

Dante Alighieri. Poet and Philosopher. The Divine Comedy. by Travis Simpkins

Dante Alighieri. Poet and Philosopher. The Divine Comedy. Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Dante Alighieri

(1265 - 1321)

Italian Poet, Writer and Philosopher

Author of The Divine Comedy

Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso

by Travis Simpkins

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri. Poet and Philosopher. The Divine Comedy

For more info, please visit:

poetryfoundation.org/dante-alighieri

Dante Alighieri. The Divine Comedy. Map of Hell. Sandro Botticelli. by Travis Simpkins

Dante Alighieri. Poet and Philosopher. The Divine Comedy. by Travis Simpkins

Dante Alighieri. Poet and Philosopher. The Divine Comedy. Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Dante Alighieri

(1265 - 1321)

Italian Poet, Writer and Philosopher

Author of The Divine Comedy

Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso

by Travis Simpkins

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri. Poet and Philosopher. The Divine Comedy

For more info, please visit:

poetryfoundation.org/dante-alighieri

Dante Alighieri. The Divine Comedy. Map of Hell. Sandro Botticelli. by Travis Simpkins

The Divine Comedy. Dante Alighieri. Inferno. Purgatorio. Paradiso

The Divine Comedy. Dante Alighieri. Inferno. Purgatorio. Paradiso

I'm beginning a slow descent...

I'm enjoying a thorough, careful reading of "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. I'm still traveling through the circles of Hell, partway through the Cantos of the Inferno. Then onward to Purgatorio and Paradiso.


An epic masterpiece and a foundational work of the Western canon, The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as his guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and reunion with his dead love, Beatrice; and, finally, his arrival in Heaven. Examining questions of faith, desire, and enlightenment and furnished with semiautobiographical details, Dante's poem is a brilliantly nuanced and moving allegory of human redemption.