但丁·阿利基埃里，意大利诗人，被恩格斯誉为“中世纪的最后一位诗人，同时又是新时代的最初一位诗人。”但丁一生著作甚丰，其中最有价值的无疑是《神曲》。这部作品通过作者与地狱、炼狱及天国中各种著名人物的对话，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。

This splendid verse translation by Allen Mandelbaum provides an entirely fresh experience of Dante"s great poem of penance and hope. As Dante ascends the Mount of Purgatory toward the Earthly Paradise and his beloved Beatrice, through "that second kingdom in which the human soul is cleansed of sin," all the passion and suffering, poetry and philosophy are rendered with the immediacy of a poet of our own age.With extensive notes and commentary prepared especially for this edition

Introduction

PURGATORIO

Notes