A groundbreaking bilingual edition of Dante's masterpiece that includes a substantive Introducion, extensive notes, and appendixes that reproduce Dante's key sources and influences. English and original text lay opposite each page for you to study and observe the differences of the interpretation. The Italian text given beside the translations is based on the editions of Giogio Petrocchi, Umberto Bosco and Giovanni Reggio. This text provides short glosses at the bottom of the page, deisgned mainly to explain an elliptical phrase so that the reader can move on. Fuller notes are provided in the back of the book along with appendices. Illustrations included.