The Divine Comedy
Published on 8. November 2012
Book
Hardback
600 pages
978-1-84749-246-3 (ISBN)
Description
Dante's dramatic journey down the circles of Hell, up the mountain of Purgatory and through the spheres of Heaven in search of redemption - and his encounter with devils, monsters and the souls of sinners and saints - is one of the cornerstones of Western literature, the summit of medieval thinking and arguably the highest poetic achievement of all time.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Richmond
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Alma Books Ltd
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Illustrations
ISBN-13
978-1-84749-246-3 (9781847492463)
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11/2013
Alma Classics
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Persons
Born in Florence, Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321) is considered to be the father of Italian poetry and one of the greatest influences in world literature. His masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is the zenith of medieval knowledge and a paragon of poetic imagination. Its first part, Inferno, remains one of the most popular books of all time.