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Series
Great books of the Western world volume 21
Publisher
Encyclopædia Britannica
Pub. Date
[1952]
Language
English
Description
The "Divine Comedy" was entitled by Dante himself merely "Commedia," meaning a poetic composition in a style intermediate between the sustained nobility of tragedy, and the popular tone of elegy. The word had no dramatic implication at that time, though it did involve a happy ending. The poem is the narrative of a journey down through Hell, up the mountain of Purgatory, and through the revolving heavens into the presence of God. In this aspect it...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Divine Comedy is Dante's record of his visionary journey through the triple realms of Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. This, the first 'epic' of which its author is the protagonist and his individual imaginings the content, weaves together the three threads of Classical and Christian history; contemporary Medieval politics and religion; and Dante's own inner life including his love for Beatrice, to create the most complex and highly structured long...
Author
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Belonging in the immortal company of the great works of literature, Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up the arduous slopes of Purgatory, and on to the glorious realm of Paradise -- the sphere of universal harmony and eternal salvation.
Now, for the first time, John Ciardi's brilliant and authoritative translations of Dante's three...
Author
Series
Divina commedia volume 1
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of liberal arts volume no. 15
Publisher
Liberal Arts Press
Pub. Date
[1957]
Language
English
Author
Series
Mentor classic volume MT354
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
[1961]
Language
English
