The Divine Comedy ("La Divina Commedia" in the original Italian) is a three-part Italian poem by Dante Alighieri, relating a journey through Hell ("Inferno"), Purgatory ("Purgatorio") and Heaven ("Paradiso"). This page lists editions of the complete poem. We also list separately some editions of the individual parts, such as the Inferno.
Bibliographic notesDante worked on The Divine Comedy for many years, distributing manuscripts of the work's three parts starting in the early 14th century. The last part was completed shortly before Dante's death in 1321. Many manuscript copies dating back to the 14th century still exist, though there are no known surviving copies in Dante's own hand. Translations into various languages began to appear in the early 15th century. The first printed edition of the Italian text was published in 1472.
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The Divine Comedy (online edition, with Italian and English texts, and commentary), by Dante Alighieri, ed. by Teodolinda Barolini, trans. by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Allen Mandelbaum (HTML at Columbia). Part of Columbia University's Digital Dante site. Includes extensive commentary original to the site, and multiple English poetical translations. - The Divine Comedy (3 volumes; London and New York: Macmillan, 1892-1894), by Dante Alighieri, trans. by Arthur John ButlerA 19th century scholar's edition that includes the Italian verses and an English prose translation.
- La Commedia, Col Commento di Cristoforo Landino (in Italian (with no title page); Venice: M. Codecà, 1493), by Dante Alighieri, contrib. by Cristoforo Landino
These are listed in roughly the order they were first published.
- The Divine Comedy: The Vision of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, by Dante Alighieri, trans. by Henry Francis Cary, illust. by Gustave Doré (illustrated HTML with commentary at Wayback Machine). Translation first published in the early 19th century.
- The Vision: or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri, by Dante Alighieri, trans. by Henry Francis Cary (Gutenberg text)
- The Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri, trans. by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Gutenberg text). Translation first published in the 1860s.
- The Divine Comedy (in English and Italian), by Dante Alighieri, trans. by Courtney LangdonTranslation first published 1918-1921.
These are listed in roughly the order they were first published.
- The Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri, trans. by Charles Eliot NortonTranslation first published in the 1890s.
- Jumalainen Näytelmä (the Divine Comedy in Finnish; 1912-1914), by Dante Alighieri, trans. by Eino Leino (Gutenberg text)
- La Divina Comèdia (The Divine Comedy in Friulian; c2006), by Dante Alighieri, trans. by Ermes Primiano Culos (Gutenberg text)
- La Divina Comedia (Spanish prose translation; Mexico: Universidad Nacional de México, 1921), by Dante Alighieri, trans. by Manuel Aranda y Sanjuan, contrib. by Francesco De Sanctis (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
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