TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface ix CHAPTER I. Dante's Fame 1 II. The Prophet and his World 14 III. Beatrice 23 IV. After the Death of Beatrice 34 V. Exile 48 VI. Intellectual Preparation 60 VII. Inferno 73 VIII. Other Aspects of the Inferno 84 IX. Purgatorio 92 X. The Happy Side of Purgatory 114 XI. Introduction to the Paradiso 129 XII. Paradiso 146 XIII. The Last Years 163 Appendix. Suggestions for Beginners 173 Digitized by Google., Frontispiece: Dante, from the bronze head in the Museum at Naples