Dante Alighieri�s Divine Comedy has, despite its enormous popularity and importance, often stymied readers with
its multitudinous characters, references, and themes. But until the publication in 2007 of Guy Raffa�s guide to
the Inferno, students lacked a suitable resource to help them navigate Dante�s underworld. With this new guide
to the entire Divine Comedy, Raffa provides readers�experts in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Dante neophytes,
and everyone in between�with a map of the entire poem, from the lowest circle of Hell to the highest sphere of
Paradise.
Based on Raffa�s original research and his many years of teaching the poem to undergraduates, The Complete Danteworlds
charts a simultaneously geographical and textual journey, canto by canto, region by region, adhering closely to
the path taken by Dante himself through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. This invaluable reference also features
study questions, illustrations of the realms, and regional summaries. Interpreting Dante�s poem and his sources,
Raffa fashions detailed entries on each character encountered as well as on many significant historical, religious,
and cultural allusions.