Download or read book Dante's Divine Comedy: Purgatory. Journey to joy written by Dante Alighieri and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bypassing Dante's exquisite poetry that sends scholars into rapture but frightens other readers, Lindskoog presents the Christian epic in clear modern English prose that captures the essence of the story he tells. Notes explain contemporary allusions now grown obscure. Purgatory is due Fall 1997 and Paradise Spring 1998. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR