| The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Hell Contributor(s): Alighieri, Dante (Author), Sayers, Dorothy L. (Translator), Sayers, Dorothy L. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0140440062 ISBN-13: 9780140440065 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1950 Annotation: This story begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in the year of our Lord 1300. It proceeds on a journey that, in its intense re-creation of the depths and the heights of human experience, has become the key with which Western civilization has sought to unlock the mystery of its own identity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - General - Fiction | Classics - Poetry | Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 851.1 |
| LCCN: 00009323 |
| Lexile Measure: 1220 |
| Series: Divine Comedy |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 4.46" W x 8.39" (0.54 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first volume of Dante's Divine Comedy 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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |