Name: The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso (Vintage Classics) (in English)
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Author: Dante Alighieri
ISBN: 9780804169127

portada The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso (Vintage Classics) (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Dante Alighieri

Publisher

Vintage

Year

2013

Language

English

Pages

640

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.4 x 13.2 x 3.0 cm

Weight

0.47 kg.

ISBN13

9780804169127

Synopsis "The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso (Vintage Classics) (in English)"

The complete Divine Comedy (Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso) in one volume from Vintage Classics. The greatest poem of the Middle Ages, in the standard Carlyle-Okey-Wickstead translation, with full notes. Dante's Divine Comedy relates the allegorical tale of the poet's journey through the three realms of the dead. Accompanied through the Inferno and Purgatory by Virgil--author of the Roman epic the Aeniad--Dante encounters mythical, historical, and contemporaneous figures in their respective afterlives. Relying on classical (pagan) mythology and Christian imagery and theology, Dante imagines diverse vivid and inventive punishments for the various sinners he encounters, which have become part of the Western imagination. Upon their approach to Paradise, which as a pagan, no matter how worthy, the Latin poet cannot enter, Virgil relinquishes his role as guide to Beatrice. Dante's chaste beloved then accompanies him along the ascent, as they encounter the blessed and the holy, and Dante arrives at a vision of the heavenly paradise.

Dante Alighieri

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Dante Alighieri fue un poeta italiano. Su obra maestra, Divina Comedia, es una de las obras fundamentales de la transición del pensamiento medieval al renacentista. Es considerada la obra maestra de la literatura italiana y una de las cumbres de la literatura universal. En italiano es conocido como "el Poeta Supremo". A Dante también se le llama el "Padre del idioma" italiano. Participó activamente en las luchas políticas de su tiempo, por lo cual fue desterrado de su ciudad natal. Fue un activo defensor de la unidad italiana. Escribió varios tratados en latín sobre literatura, política y filosofía.

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