The Divine Comedy, Part 1: Hell (Penguin Classics)

Alighieri, Dante

ISBN 10: 0140440062 / ISBN 13: 9780140440065

Published by Penguin Classics, 1950

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A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras arenâ t guaranteedâ but the storyâ s all there! Seller Inventory # PKV.0140440062.G

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Divine Comedy, Part 1: Hell (Penguin ...

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Publication Date: 1950

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: good

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Synopsis:

Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous journey towards God. Together they descend through the nine circles of the underworld and encounter the tormented souls of the damned - from heretics and pagans to gluttons, criminals and seducers - who tell of their sad fates and predict events still to come in Dante’s life. In this first part of his Divine Comedy, Dante fused satire and humour with intellect and soaring passion to create an immortal Christian allegory of mankind’s search for self-knowledge and spiritual enlightenment.

Review:

"The English Dante of choice." -Hugh Kenner

"Exactly what we have waited for these years, a Dante with clarity, eloquence, terror, and profoundly moving depths." -Robert Fagles, Princeton University

"A marvel of fidelity to the original, of sobriety, and truly, of inspired poetry." -Henri Peyre, Yale University