The famed Italian poet Dante Alighieri's two masterworks—The Divine ComedyandLa Vita Nuova—in one volumeA Penguin ClassicAs a philosopher, he wedded classical methods of inquiry to a Christian faith. As an autobiographer, he looked unsparingly at his own failures to depict universal struggles. As a visionary, he dared draw maps of Hell, with Purgatory and Paradise, and populate all three realms with recognizable human beings. As a passionate lover, he became a poet of bereavement and renunication. As all of these, Dante Alighieri paved the way for modern literature, while creating verse and prose that remain unparalleled for formal elegance, intellectual depth, and emotional grandeur.The Portable Dantecaptures the scope and fire of Dante's genius as thoroughly as any single volume can. It contains complete verse translations ofThe Divine ComedyandLa Vita Nuova, as well as a bibliography, notes, and an...