Indiana Masterpiece Editions Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy: Volume 5: Paradise: Italian Text with Verse Translation, /Volume 6: Paradise: Commentar, (Hardcover)

from lissabeth21

I wish I had liked this as much as I enjoyed the first two books of The Divine Comedy.

from dgrayson

As I recall, this one kind of dragged. Or maybe it got a bit too religious for me.

from Karlstar

I started this but couldn't finish it, I really need to get back to it. Unlike the other books, it just seemed like the personalities weren't as interesting ,and I guess the rewards just weren't as interesting as the punishments....

from lriley

Of the 3 parts this is the least interesting. I know Dante comes from the 13th and 14th centuries and this may seem unfair but it left me with visions of Mussolini styled fascist spectacles. Too overwrought and too syncophantic for my blood--what is left is Dante's talent and beautiful use of lan...

from Mithalogica

(Review is of the Penguin Classics translation by Mark Musa, and applies to all three volumes, Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradisio) I would not think to quibble with reviewing Dante himself - Dante is a master, and doesn't need my endorsement. I will say, however, that Musa's translation is an exc...