{"product_id":"the-divine-comedy-burton-raffel-9780810126725","title":"The Divine Comedy","description":"\u003cp\u003e At the midpoint of his life, during Holy Week in 1300, Dante awakes to himself in the middle of a forest so dark that the sun's light cannot penetrate its gloom. of the wildness and brutality of the woods, Dante cries out for help, and thus begins one of Western literature's greatest epic journeys. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e follows Dante the pilgrim--guided by the great Roman poet Virgil, then by the love of his life, Beatrice--as he travels downward through Hell, then upward through Purgatory in order to reach Paradise and witness the love that moves the sun and the stars. Raffel's translation vividly captures the divine \u003ci\u003econtrapasso\u003c\/i\u003e, the ultimate case of the punishment the crime, in the \u003ci\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e, while fathoming the complexity of the Purgatorio and the ecstasy of the \u003ci\u003eParadiso\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One of the world's greatest works of literature, Dante's \u003ci\u003eCommedia\u003c\/i\u003e revolutionized poetry and the Italian language. This epic poem was the to be written in the vernacular of the Italian people rather than in Latin. In it, Dante weaves the best of classical literature from Virgil, Statius, Aristotle, and Ovid with staples from the Christian tradition (including the Scriptures, Augustine, and Aquinas), into a colorful medieval tapestry that depicts at once the vividly checkered history of church and empire. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dante Alighieri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810126729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810126725\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 888\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.38w x 2.22d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2010 pg. 72","brand":"Dante Alighieri","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075430609151,"sku":"9780810126725","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79284e2c-3b22-4141-b445-007dde6f69ff.jpg?v=1685459376","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-divine-comedy-burton-raffel-9780810126725","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}