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When Michael Palma's translation of the Inferno appeared in 2002, it defied the conventional wisdom of literary commentators who had long argued that Dante's intricate terza rima form simply could not be rendered in "rhyme-poor" English. But Palma's achievement in rhyming tercets... Read Full Overview

Obra maestra de la literatura italiana y cumbre de las letras universales. Escrita durante la primera mitad del siglo XIV, esta obra puede leerse en su sentido literal, como el viaje que realiza el propio autor por el Infierno, el Purgatorio y el Para so, guiado primero por el... Read Full Overview

A stunning 3-in-1 deluxe edition of one of the great works of Western literature An epic masterpiece and a foundational work of the Western canon, The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as his guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and reunion with his... Read Full Overview

A stunning 3-in-1 edition of one of the great works of Western literature

An epic masterpiece and a foundational work of the Western canon, The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as his guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and reunion... Read Full Overview

Dante's masterpiece of literature is well matched by the peerless art of Gustave Dor . Dante and his guides, Virgil and Beatrice, journey through the cantos in an allegory of the passage of the soul through the Afterlife, with the subtle engraving of Dor 's illustrations perfectly... Read Full Overview

Begun about 1307 and completed in 1321, Dante's sublime poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is one of the world's great works of literature. It comprises an extraordinarily vivid and imaginative account of the poet's allegorical journey through the afterlife. Complementing... Read Full Overview

The Divine Comedy is the precursor of modern literature, and Clive James's translation--decades in the making--gives us the entire epic as a single, coherent, and compulsively readable lyric poem. For the first time ever in an English translation, James makes the bold choice... Read Full Overview

A new edition of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's classic verse translation of Dante Alighieri 's The Divine Comedy , including all three volumes of Dante's classic trilogy: Inferno , Purgatorio , and Paradiso . The Divine Comedy (or Divina Commedia ) is an epic-length narrative... Read Full Overview

At the midpoint of his life, during Holy Week in 1300, Dante awakes to himself in the middle of a forest so dark that the sun's light cannot penetrate its gloom. of the wildness and brutality of the woods, Dante cries out for help, and thus begins one of Western literature's... Read Full Overview

The Divine Comedy is a classic masterpiece of Italian literature written by Dante Alighieri in the early 14th century. The book is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso, each representing a different realm in the afterlife. In Inferno, Dante describes his... Read Full Overview

This annotated edition of " The Divine Comedy " includes: Plot Summary Characters Analysis Historical Context Biography Embark on an unforgettable odyssey through the realms of the afterlife with Dante Alighieri's timeless masterpiece, "The Divine Comedy." Follow Dante's epic... Read Full Overview

La Divina Commedia ? un poema di Dante Alighieri, scritto in terzine incatenate di versi endecasillabi, in lingua volgare fiorentina. Composta tra il 1304 e il 1321, la Commedia ? l'opera pi? celebre di Dante, nonch? una delle pi? importanti testimonianze della civilt? medievale;... Read Full Overview