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Dante Alighieri
Suitable for students as well as the general reader who is coming to the great masterpiece of Italian literature for the first time, this title examines the questions of faith…
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"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here"readthe now-famous words above the gate through which Dante, the protagonist of Inferno, crosses the threshold. But that forbidding inscription applies only to those…
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This luxurious hardback edition presents Dante's celebrated work, The Divine Comedy, with opulent gold cover embossing, striking illustrated page edges and 135 classic illustrations by Gustave Dore.
Dante's Divine Comedy…
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An oversized, slipcase-housed, elaborately illustrated art book edition of THE INFERNO, one of the great towering texts of world literature. Welcome to a strange new Hell. Abandon all expectations, you…
A landmark of world literature, The Divine Comedy tells of the poet Dante’s travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise in search of salvation. Before he is redeemed by his love…
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For the first time in one volume, the most elegant and accessible translation of Dante's enduring masterpiece
"If there is an afterexistence in which the individual human consciousness continues, I imagine Dante Alighieri is thanking the Creator for giving him, at last, a Michael Palma."
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Penned in the early 14th century, this epic poem is an extraordinary journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. Dante's vivid imagination and profound allegory provide a gripping exploration of the…
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Dante Alighieri's Inferno, the first Canticle in the epic poetic masterpiece The Divine Comedy, is now available in an exquisite hardcover edition, featuring a striking cover and distinctive interior design…
This edition prints all three parts of Dante’s great poem about the journey of the soul - INFERNO, PURGATORIO and PARADISO - in the recent English translation by Allen Mandelbaum…
This luxurious hardback edition presents Dante's celebrated work, The Divine Comedy, with opulent gold cover embossing, striking illustrated page edges and classic wood-engraving illustrations by Gustave Dore.
Acclaimed French animators Paul and Gaetan Brizzi adapt Dante's literary classic Inferno in the sweeping, dramatic style which brought The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Fantasia 2000 to life
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Guided by the poet Virgil, the author plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous journey towards God. Together they descend through the nine circles of…
Purgatorio is a first person narration of Dante's travels through Hell but at a deeper level it represents allegorically the soul's journey towards God. At this deeper level Dante draws…
The Divine Comedy follows Dante on a symbolic journey through the realms of the afterlife: Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. Dante encounters souls facing the consequences of their Earthly lives.
Beginning with Dante’s liberation from Hell, ‘Purgatory’ relates his ascent, accompanied by Virgil, of the Mount of Purgatory - a mountain of nine levels, formed from rock forced upwards when…
Inferno depicts a cruel underworld in which desperate figures are condemned to eternal damnation for committing one or more of the seven deadly sins.
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Dante'sTheInfernois the first part of his masterpiece,The Divine Comedy. This beautiful, embossed faux-leather cover edition uses the classic translation by the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882).
The Inferno of Dante The reader is taken on an emotional journey through the deepest recesses of hell in this epic and brutal poem. As significant and enduring as the…
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Paradiso is a first person narration of Dante's travels through Hell but at a deeper level it represents allegorically the soul's journey towards God. At this deeper level Dante draws…
Inferno is a first person narration of Dante's travels through Hell but at a deeper level it represents allegorically the soul's journey towards God. At this deeper level Dante draws…
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Dante Alighieri, Thomas William Parsons
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
J D Ponce
This exciting essay focuses on the explanation and analysis of Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy, one the most influential works in history and whose understanding, due to its complexity and…
Eric Lane
Read and be enthralled by the Dead Loss Success Story which has more than a passing resemblance to the early days of Dedalus. 'The greatest publishing story ever told.' The…
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is one of the most important poets in the history of Western literature. The present volume will explore not just The Divine Comedy but many of his…
Clive James,Dante Alighieri
Renowned critic and poet Clive James presents the crowning achievement of his career: a monumental translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy.
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Having climbed the Mount of Purgatory, Dante ascends to Heaven, continuing his soul’s search for God guided by his beloved, Beatrice. As he progresses through the spheres of Paradise he…
Now Ellis’s translation of the entire poem is published here for the first time, and Dante’s epic can be experienced afresh and in new glorious life and colour, the physicality…
Dante's first masterpiece in an enticing new translation by one of our most beloved teachers of Italian literature and culture.
Gives readers a taste of the Classics’ huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts…
O human race, born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall?
Hailed as one of the greatest works of literature ever written, The Divine Comedy is a highly influential poem that has dazzled readers for over five centuries, with its' first…
Gustavo Leite Neves Da Luz
The aim of this work is to demonstrate the great contribution made by Dante Alighieri to a universalist theory of international law, through his political work Da Monarquia (The Monarchy)…
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Here we have an Inferno we feel in our nerves and blood, and in our hearts and head.
This vivid new translation of Dante's immortal classic, Inferno, opens a new vista and offers a fresh experience of this milestone in human literary genius. Throughout his life, Dante struggled…
MR Dante Alighieri, William Stratford Dugdale, Brunone Bianchi
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
Dante's The Divine Comedy is an epic journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, guided by the poet Virgil and his beloved Beatrice. Through vivid imagery and profound allegory, Dante explores…
Paget Jackson Toynbee
