Joe Lee.
 
Dante For Beginners takes the reader on a trip
starting in hell and ending in heaven. The reader
gets a quick introduction to Dante and his times.
Next, the reader meets a sweet lass named
Beatrice and samples a bit of his other literary
offerings, such as the great feast, the Convivio.
But then it’s on to the big one, the Commedia, and
a canto by canto description of the entire work.
Characters, ideas and situations are described as
they happen—no searching through end notes,
footnotes or field notes to distinguish Forese
Donati, Dante’s pal, from his evil brother, Corso.
The entire plan of the hereafter is simply mapped
out. Dante For Beginners is a great vacation with history’s greatest tourist, Dante
Alighieri.