TY - BOOK AU - Alighieri, Dante AU - Ciardi, John TI - The paradiso / SN - 0451528050 [paperback] PY - 1961/// CY - New York PB - A Signet Classic, KW - Epic poetry KW - Paradise Poetry N1 - Translated by John Ciardi and introduction by John Freccero; Adult N2 - The final canticle of Dante's "The Divine Comedy" shares the ultimate goal of human striving: the merging of individual destiny with universal order. One of the towering creations of world literature, Dante's vision of universal harmony and eternal salvation is an immortal hymn to God, Nature, Eternity, and Love ER -