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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Volume 1: Inferno
Contributor(s): Durling, Robert M. (Editor), Durling, Robert M. (Translator), Durling, Robert M. (Author)
ISBN: 0195087445     ISBN-13: 9780195087444
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE:   $19.79  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 1997
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Annotation: This timeless Christian allegory has become the key with which Western civilization has sought to unlock the mystery fo its own identity. In the Inferno, the first of the Comedy's three parts, Dante is conducted by the spirit of the classical poet Virgil through the nine circles of Hell on the initial stage of his arduous journey toward God.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | European - Italian
- Literary Criticism | European - Italian
- Literary Collections | European - General
Dewey: 851.1
Lexile Measure: 1270
Series: Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri
Physical Information: 1.76" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.99 lbs) 672 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region - Italy
- Cultural Region - Western Europe
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
This is the first volume of a new prose translation of Dante's epic - the first in twenty-five years. Robert Durling's translation brings a new power and accuracy to the rendering of Dante's extraordinary vision of Hell, with its terror, pathos, and sardonic humour, and its penetrating
analyses of the psychology of sin and the ills that plague society.

A newly edited version of the Italian text can be on facing pages, and this edition includes fully comprehensive notes as well as sixteen essays on special subjects.