Dante's Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso
Galleys and ARCS of Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso by Dante Alighieri. Translated by Mary Jo Bang. Graywolf Press, 2012, 2021, and 2025.
Galleys and advance copies of Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso, translated by Bang for Graywolf Press (2012, 2021, 2025). Dante wrote his epic in the everyday Italian of his time so that contemporary readers could enter its world. Bang extends the work into the twenty‑first century, using a lyric style to make the Divine Comedy feel immediate for today’s readers.