TY - BOOK AU - Dante Alighieri, AU - Ciardi,John TI - The paradiso T2 - Signet Classics SN - 9780451531414 [paperback] PY - 1970/// CY - New York PB - New American Library, KW - Paradise KW - Poetry N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Contents: How to read Dante -- Introduction -- The paradiso -- Selected works by John Ciardi -- The ciardi translations: Paradiso 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 -