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

Alighieri, Dante

ISBN 10: 0140440062 / ISBN 13: 9780140440065

Edité par Penguin Classics, 1950

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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.

À propos de l?auteur: Dante Alighieri was born in Florence in 1265 and belonged to a noble but impoverished family. He met Beatrice, who was to be his muse, in 1274, and when she died in 1290 he sought distraction in philosophy and theology, and wrote La Vita Nuova. He worked on the Divine Comedy from 1308 until near the time of his death in Ravenna in 1321.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Divine Comedy, Part 1: Hell (Penguin ...
Éditeur : Penguin Classics
Date d'édition : 1950
Reliure : paperback
Etat : Good