A Modern Reader's Guide to Dante's "The Divine Comedy"
Published on 1. May 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-7648-0494-6 (ISBN)
Description
The Divine Comedy has been a cornerstone of Western literature for the better part of a millennium. In this work, Joseph Gallagher brings the power and prestige of this medieval classic to a new generation of readers--taking them on a guided tour through heaven, purgatory, and hell. (Formerly titled To Hell and Back with Dante)
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Language
English
Place of publication
Liguori
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
421 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7648-0494-6 (9780764804946)
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Joseph Gallagher
A Modern Reader's Guide to Dante's the Divine Comedy
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1st Edition
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Person
Born in 1929, author Joseph Gallagher was ordained for his native archdiocese of Baltimore in 1955. He has served as a parish priest, newspaper editor, archivist, seminary teacher, and chaplain for a children's home, a motherhouse of nuns, and an inner city hospital. Though retired, he continues to write and lecture.