The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Hell by Alighieri, Dante

The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Hell (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780140440065)

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The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Hell by Alighieri, Dante

The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Hell

$16.00
The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Hell by Alighieri, Dante

The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Hell

$16.00
Format: Paperback
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The first volume of Dante's Divine Comedy

Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous journey towards God. Together they descend through the nine circles of the underworld and encounter the tormented souls of the damned - from heretics and pagans to gluttons, criminals and seducers - who tell of their sad fates and predict events still to come in Dante's life. In this first part of his Divine Comedy, Dante fused satire and humour with intellect and soaring passion to create an immortal Christian allegory of mankind's search for self-knowledge and spiritual enlightenment.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author: Dante Alighieri
ISBN-10: 0140440062
ISBN-13: 9780140440065
Publisher: Penguin Group
Language: English
Published: 06/30/1950
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.39h x 4.46w x 0.62d
By Dante Alighieri
By Dante Alighieri
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Dante Alighieri was born in Florence in 1265 and belonged to a noble but impoverished family. He was married when he was around twenty to Gemma Donati and had four children. He met Beatrice, who was to be his muse, in 1274, and when she died in 1290 he sought distraction in philosophy and theology, and wrote La Vita Nuova. He worked on the Divine Comedy from 1308 until near the time of his death in Ravenna in 1321.

Dorothy L. Sayers wrote novels, poetry, and translated Dante for Penguin Classics. She died in 1957.

Barbara Reynolds was Lecturer in Italian at Cambridge University and subsequently Reader in Italian Studies at Nottingham, and Honorary Reader at Warwick. She has written books, both on Italian authors and on Dorothy L. Sayers.

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