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Dante: The Essential Commedia Rural crafts wickedly entertaining New York TimesThe Commedia, Dante's epic story of one man's journey from the darkness and terror of hell to the revelation of divine light in heaven, is one of the greatest works of Western literature, but it can seem daunting to the English speaking reader. College courses often cherry pick the most arresting passages from Inferno and barely glance at the equally compelling Purgatorio and Paradiso. In The Essential "Commedia," Prue Shaw, a renowned Dante scholar,