La Divina Comedia es considerada una epopeya alegorica. La obra se divide en tres partes: Infierno, Purgatorio y Paraiso. Esta gran aventura narra un gran viaje por el mundo espiritual. La composicion del poema se ordena segun el simbolismo del numero tres (numero que simboliza la trinidad sagrada, Padre, Hijo y Espiritu Santo, asi como el equilibrio y la estabilidad en algunas culturas): tres personajes principales, Dante, que personifica al hombre, Beatriz, que personifica a la fe, y Virgilio, que personifica a la razon."

This edition gives a side-by-side parallel translation of Dante's Divine Comedy using Longfellow's translation. The Divine Comedy is an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. It is generally considered to be the preeminent work of Italian literature and one of the greatest works of world literature. The poem is written in the Tuscan dialect, and the poem helped establish this dialect as the standardized Italian language. The poem is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. At the superficial level, the poem describes Dante's travels...