Reading Dante: From Here to Eternity [Paperback]

Prue Shaw is one of the world's foremost authorities on Dante. Written with the general reader in mind,For all of us who have put off a trip into Dantes great poem for fear of getting lost there for good, Prue Shaw''s intricate, humane, lucid and precise guide into Dante''s world and time at last provides the longed-for map. One might even say that Dante''s readers now have a Virgil of their own.Splendid and enlightening. There couldn''t be a better introduction to the language of Dante''s poem for English-speaking readers.Dante expert Shaw explainsThe best and most eloquent introduction to Dante for our time.