The Divine Comedy
Dante’s poetic journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise explores sin, purification and divine love. A translation with good notes helps unlock its historical references.
Literature
Original date: Not yet verified
Reading level: Demanding
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Source notes & edition details
Bishop Robert Barron
Named in Barron’s original Word on Fire PDF. Recommendation is at work level; editions and translations may differ.
Brandon Vogt
Title and author matched to the published list.
Fr. John Hardon
Named in a secondary transcription of Hardon’s list. The printed original has not yet been checked for this work.
Joseph Pearce
Chapter title in the public table of contents of Pearce’s fifty-work guide. This verifies inclusion, not an endorsement of a particular translation.
Taylor Marshall
Named in the New Saint Thomas Institute’s September 2014 reading plan. Edition choices may differ.
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afterlife redemption pilgrimage poetryOriginal catalog editions
Independently published (2021), 363 pages
The Divine Comedy: The New Translation by Gerald J. Davis