The Inferno Author:Ciaran Carson In The Inferno, the first volume of Dante Alighieris classic The Divine Comedy, Dantes literary hero Virgil guides him through Hell, showing him the inhabitants of its nine circles and the divine justice meted out to them. Originally written in colloquial Italian, The Inferno was intended for the common reader. Ciaran Carson continue... more »s this tradition with sparkling rhymes that maintain the wit, anger, and irreverent vigor of Dantes creation. Carsons The Inferno deserves comparison with Seamus Heaneys Beowulf and Ted Hughess Tales from Ovid. Ciaran Carson has been awarded the Irish Times Literature Prize and the T. S. Eliot Poetry Prize.« less