Book Info enlarge picture The Inferno   Author: John Ciardi ISBN: 0451527984 Format: Publish Date:                  Book Review Considered to be one of the greatest literary works of all time- equal only to those of Shakespeare-Dante's immortal drama of a journey through Hell is the first volume of his Divine Comedy. The remaining canticles, The Purgatorio and The Paradiso, will be published this summer in quick succession.