书名：The Inferno / Purgatorio /Paradiso 但丁神曲三部 地狱炼狱天堂
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数1120L-1270L
作者：Dante Alighieri
出版社名称：Signet Classics
出版时间：2009
语种：英文
ISBN：9780451531391，9780451531421，9780451531414
商品尺寸：10.7 x6.8 x 17.2 cm 
包装：简装
页数：约296-366页/册x 3册

 《神曲》是意大利的伟大诗人但丁·阿利格耶里所著，分为The Inferno《地狱》、The Purgatorio《炼狱》、The Paradiso《天堂》三篇，每篇33曲，加上序曲，正好100曲。《神曲》原名《喜剧》，大约写于一三〇七年至一三二一年，在意大利或者说在世界上，就像是中国屈原完成的《离骚》。作者通过与地狱、炼狱及天堂中各种有名人物的对话，反映出中古文化领域的成就和一些重大的问题，带有“百科全书”性质，从中也可隐约窥见文艺复兴时期人文主义思想的曙光。在这部长达一万四千余行的史诗中，但丁坚决反对中世纪的蒙昧主义，表达了执着地追求真理的思想，对欧洲后世的诗歌创作有极其深远的影响。

本版本为Signet Classics推出的简装便携全英文版，由杰出诗人、评论家John Ciardi翻译，语言地道，忠实原作。另由Archibald T. MacAllister和John Freccero作序，Edward M. Cifelli博士写后记，有助于理解作品及作者创作背景。
“Dante and Shakespeare Divide the world between them —There is no third.” — T. S. Eliot 
Belonging in theimmortalcompany of the works of Homer,Virgil, Milton, and Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri’s poetic masterpiece is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, a supreme expression of the Middle Ages, a glorification of the ways of God, and a magnificent protestagainst the ways in which men have thwarted the divine plan. One of the few literary works which has enjoyed a fame both immediate and enduring,The Inferno remains powerful after seven centuries. It confronts the most universal values—good and evil, free will and predestination—while remaining intensely personal and ferociously political, for it was born out of the anguish of a man who saw human life blighted by the injustice and corruption of his times. 
InThe Purgatorio, Dante describes his journey to the renunciation of sin, accepting his suffering in preparation for his coming into the presence of God. This brilliant translation of Dante’s canticle crystallizes thepower and beauty inherent in thegreat poet’s immortal conception of the aspiring soul. 
InThe Paradiso, the final canticle inThe Divine Comedy, Dante shares the ultimate goal of human striving: the merging of individual destiny with universal order. One of the towering creations of world literature, this epic discovery of sublime truth is a work of almost mystical intensity—an immortal hymn to God, Nature, Eternity, and above all,“the Love that moves the Sun and the other stars.”

“It is not possible to say how much we owe to him, because his splendor blinds our eyes… Always he was near to God.” — Michelangelo
“A poem of wild andinteresting images… a good instance… of that soul of universal significance in a true poet’s compositions in addition to the specific meaning.” — Samuel Taylor Coleridgre
“Fresh and sharp...I think [Ciardi’s] version of Dante will be in many respects the best we have seen.”—John Crowe Ransom 但丁·阿利基耶里（意大利语：Dante Alighieri，1265年—1321年），意大利诗人，现代意大利语的奠基者，欧洲文艺复兴时代的开拓人物之一，以长诗《神曲》留名后世。但丁与莎士比亚、歌德并称为西欧文学史上的三个世界级天才。恩格斯评价他说：“是中世纪的zui后一位诗人，同时又是新时代之初一位诗人。”但丁从37岁被宣告永久放逐，后来客死异乡。九岁邂逅心灵上永恒的恋人佩雅丽琪，这位后来24岁香消玉陨的少女，成为但丁日后创作的源泉。《神曲》为但丁不朽的巨著。

约翰•西阿弟（1916-1986），美国诗人和评论家。他的诗作讽刺但有所约束，对人类的问题表示同情和理解。他翻译了但丁的《神曲》，1954年，发表译作的第一部分《地狱》，得到评论家们的高度称赞。西阿弟出生在波士顿，毕业于塔夫茨大学，获得密歇根大学文学硕士学位。他在几所大学讲授英国文学。1956-72年，担任《星期六评论》的诗歌编辑。
Considered Italy’s greatest poet,Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was the scion of a Florentine family who mastered the art of lyric poetry at an early age. His first major work,La VitaNuova (1292), was a tribute to Beatrice Portinari, the great love of his life. Dante’s political activism resulted in his being exiled from Florence, and he eventually settled in Ravenna. It is believed thatThe Divine Comedy—comprising three canticles,The Inferno,The Purgatorio, andThe Paradiso—was written between 1308 and 1320.
John Ciardi(1916-86), a distinguished poet and professor, taught at Harvard and Rutgers universities and served as poetry editor of theSaturday Review. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Institute of Arts and Letters.-In 1955, he won the Harriet Monroe Memorial Award and the Prix de Rome in 1956.《但丁神曲1：地狱篇》

Translator’s Note
Introduction
THE INFERNO
Selected Works by John Ciardi
The Ciardi Translations:Inferno 

Translator’s Note
How to Read Dante
Introduction
THEPURGATORIO 
Selected Works by John Ciardi
The Ciardi Translations:Purgatorio 

How to Read Dante
Introduction
THEPARADISO
Selected Works by John Ciardi
The Ciardi Translations:Paradiso