The Purgatorio Author:Dante Alighieri, John Ciardi (Translator) 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 cannot speak in English but Ciardi has given us the next best thing- a credible, passionate persona of the poet, stripped of custom... more »ary gauds of rhetoric and fasle decoration, strong and noble in utterance. - Dudley Fitts« less