The Divine Comedy
Author(s): Dante Alighieri
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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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.
General Fields
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- : Alma Books Ltd
- : Alma Classics
- : January 2012
- : United Kingdom
- : December 2012
- : books
Special Fields
- : Dante Alighieri
- : Hardback
- : 1
- : 851.1
- : 600