{"product_id":"the-divine-comedy-h-f-cary-m-a-9781523249213","title":"The Divine Comedy: The Vision of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise: Hell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Vision of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise: Hell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDante Alighieri\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated by The Rev. H. F. Cary, M.A.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated by Gustave Dor \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Divine Comedy (Italian: Divina Commedia is an epic poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed 1320, a year before his death in 1321. It is widely considered the preeminent work of Italian literature and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature. The poem's imaginative vision of the afterlife is representative of the medieval world-view as it had developed in the Western Church by the 14th century. It helped establish the Tuscan language, in which it is written, as the standardized Italian language. It is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the surface, the poem describes Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise or Heaven; but at a deeper level, it represents, allegorically, the soul's journey towards God. At this deeper level, Dante draws on medieval Christian theology and philosophy, especially Thomistic philosophy and the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas. Consequently, the Divine Comedy has been called \"the Summa in verse.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work was originally simply titled Comed a and the word Divina was added by Giovanni Boccaccio. The first printed edition to add the word divina to the title was that of the Venetian humanist Lodovico Dolce, published in 1555 by Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H. F. Cary M. a., Dante Alighieri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1523249218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781523249213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.61d","brand":"H. F. Cary M. a.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44124505211135,"sku":"9781523249213","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0622954e-2cc1-4da5-bfa4-832bd44946d7.jpg?v=1687437174","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-divine-comedy-h-f-cary-m-a-9781523249213","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}