Continuing the paperback edition of Charles S. Singleton's translation
of The Divine Comedy, this work provides the English-speaking reader
with everything he needs to read and understand the Purgatorio. This
volume consists of the prose translation of Giorgio Petrocchi's Italian
text (which faces the translation on each page); its companion volume of
commentary is a masterpiece of erudition, offering a wide range of
information on such subjects as Dante's vocabulary, his characters, and
the historical sources of incidents in the poem. Professor Singleton
provides a clear and profound analysis of the poem's basic allegory, and
the illustrations, diagrams, and map clarify points that have previously
confused readers of The Divine Comedy.