Dante's Inferno Author:Dante Alighieri The Inferno is the first and most famous part of Dante's immortal Divine Comedy. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's translation is the work of a poet, linguist, and scholar; the best of the 19th-century English versions of this great medieval classic. It remains unsurpassed for its sensitive and faithful rendition of Dante's poetic language, imagery... more », and movement.« less