The Inferno by Dante Alighieri (English) Paperback Book

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Writing his "Comedy" (the epithet "Divine" was added by later admirers) in exile from his native Florence, Dante aimed to address a world gone astray both morally and politically. It tells the story of a character who is at one and the same time both Dante himself and Everyman.

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Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is one of the most important and innovative figures of the European Middle Ages. Writing his Comedy (the epithet 'Divine' was added by later admirers) in exile from his native Florence, he aimed to address a world gone astray both morally and politically. At the same time, he sought to push back the restrictive rules which traditionally governed writing in the Italian vernacular, to produce a radically new and all-encompassing work. The Comedy tells the story of the journey of a character who is at one and the same time both Dante himself and Everyman. In the Inferno, Dante's protagonist - and his reader - is presented with a graphic vision of the dreadful consequences of sin, and encounters an all-too-human array of noble, grotesque, beguiling, ridiculous and horrific characters.

Notes

Translated by H.F. Cary - the first widely known translation of Dante's classic.

Author Biography

Dante Alighieri was born in 1265 in Florence to a family of minor nobility. He entered into Florentine politics in 1295, but he and his party were forced into exile in a hostile political climate in 1301. Taking asylum in Ravenna late in life, Dante completed his Divine Commedia, considered one of the most important works of Western literature, before his death in 1321.

Details ISBN1853267872 Pages 224 Publisher Wordsworth Editions Ltd Series Wordsworth Classics of World Literature Year 1998 ISBN-10 1853267872 ISBN-13 9781853267871 Format Paperback Imprint Wordsworth Editions Ltd Place of Publication Herts Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from Italian DEWEY 851.1 Alternative 9789626345993 Media Book Publication Date 1998-07-05 Translator Tom Griffith Birth 1772 Death 1844 Language English Short Title INFERNO REV/E DOI 10.1604/9781853267871 Edited by Alighieri, Dante Author Tom Griffith UK Release Date 1998-07-05 AU Release Date 1998-07-05 NZ Release Date 1998-07-05 Edition Description New edition Audience General We've got this

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