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Inferno
Dante Alighieri
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Description for Inferno
Paperback. A translation that describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide. It depicts a cruel underworld in which desperate figures are condemned to eternal damnation for committing one or more of seven deadly sins. It also includes explanatory notes and illustrations showing the different layers of hell. Translator(s): Kirkpatrick, Robin. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
Discover Dante's original Inferno in this modern and acclaimed Penguin translation.
Describing Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide, Inferno depicts a cruel underworld in which desperate figures are condemned to eternal damnation for committing one or more of seven deadly sins. As he descends through nine concentric circles of increasingly agonising torture, Dante encounters many doomed souls before he is finally ready to meet the ultimate evil in the heart of Hell: Satan himself.
This new edition of Inferno includes explanatory notes and illustrations showing the different layers of hell. Robin Kirkpatrick's masterful translation ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141393544
SKU
V9780141393544
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About Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri was born in 1265. He studied at the university of Bologna, married at the age of twenty and had four children. His first major work was La Vita Nuova (1292), a tribute to Beatrice Portinari, the great love of his life who had died two years earlier. In 1302, Dante's political activism resulted in his being exiled from ... Read more
Reviews for Inferno
The perfect balance of tightness and colloquialism...likely to be the best modern version of Dante
Bernard O'Donoghue
Bernard O'Donoghue