The Purgatorio Author:Dante, translated by John Ciardi "Ciardi's PURGATORIO more than satisfies the interest and expectation that were aroused a few years ago by his version of the INFERNO. The clean force of the original comes through with astonishing success. Dante canno speak in English, perhaps; but Ciardi has given us the next best thing--a credible, passionate persona of the poet, stripped o... more »f the customary gauds of rhetoric and false decoration, strong and noble in utterance."--Dudley Fitts« less