The poem the divine comedy is about a journey of the author himself towards god it has three parts inferno hell purgatorio purgatory and paradiso heaven each part consists of thirty three cantos such division reflects the medieval theology specific to christianity. The authoritative translations of the inferno the purgatorio and the paradiso together in one volume belonging in the immortal company of the great works of literature dante alighieris poetic masterpiece the divine comedy is a moving human drama an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of hell up the arduous slopes of purgatory and on to the glorious realm of . He is the author of the three canticles the inferno the purgatorio and the paradiso politically active in florence he was banished to italy in 1302 in 1274 he met the great love of his life beatrice whom he immortalized in la vita nuova 1292 and the divine comedy he died in 1321. In dante alighieris world famous classic the divine comedy the roman poet vergil guides through inferno and purgatorio and ultimately its his childhood friend beatrice who guides through paradise the journey describes the symbolic path to god on a deeper level while the reader is meeting the soules of countless decedents like horaz barbarossa and ovid