Inferno

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Drama, Continental European, Fiction & Literature, Poetry, Religious
Cover of the book Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Dover Publications
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Dante Alighieri ISBN: 9780486112619
Publisher: Dover Publications Publication: March 2, 2012
Imprint: Dover Publications Language: English
Author: Dante Alighieri
ISBN: 9780486112619
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication: March 2, 2012
Imprint: Dover Publications
Language: English

"Here at last that much suffering reader will find Dante's greatness manifest, and not his greatness only, but his grace, his simplicity, and his affection."—William Dean Howells, The Nation
"As a crown to his literary life, Longfellow combines his exquisite scholarship and his poetic skill and experience in the translation of one of the great poems of the world."—*Harper's Monthly*
Enter the unforgettable world of The Inferno and travel with a pair of poets through nightmare landscapes of eternal damnation to the very core of Hell. The first of the three major canticles in La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy), this fourteenth-century allegorical poem begins Dante's imaginary journey from Hell to Purgatory to Paradise. His encounters with historical and mythological creatures--each symbolic of a particular vice or crime--blend vivid and shocking imagery with graceful lyricism in one of the monumental works of world literature.
This acclaimed translation was rendered by the beloved nineteenth-century poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A skilled linguist who taught modern languages at Harvard, Longfellow was among the first to make Dante’s visionary poem accessible to American readers.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

"Here at last that much suffering reader will find Dante's greatness manifest, and not his greatness only, but his grace, his simplicity, and his affection."—William Dean Howells, The Nation
"As a crown to his literary life, Longfellow combines his exquisite scholarship and his poetic skill and experience in the translation of one of the great poems of the world."—*Harper's Monthly*
Enter the unforgettable world of The Inferno and travel with a pair of poets through nightmare landscapes of eternal damnation to the very core of Hell. The first of the three major canticles in La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy), this fourteenth-century allegorical poem begins Dante's imaginary journey from Hell to Purgatory to Paradise. His encounters with historical and mythological creatures--each symbolic of a particular vice or crime--blend vivid and shocking imagery with graceful lyricism in one of the monumental works of world literature.
This acclaimed translation was rendered by the beloved nineteenth-century poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A skilled linguist who taught modern languages at Harvard, Longfellow was among the first to make Dante’s visionary poem accessible to American readers.

More books from Dover Publications

Cover of the book A First Look at Perturbation Theory by Dante Alighieri
Cover of the book Towards a New Architecture by Dante Alighieri
Cover of the book Contemporary Brainteasers by Dante Alighieri
Cover of the book The Playboy of the Western World and Riders to the Sea by Dante Alighieri
Cover of the book Meyrick's Medieval Knights and Armour by Dante Alighieri
Cover of the book Margeau Blanc by Dante Alighieri
Cover of the book Letters from an American Farmer by Dante Alighieri
Cover of the book Infinite Series by Dante Alighieri
Cover of the book 1000 Poems from the Manyoshu by Dante Alighieri
Cover of the book Complete Works for Pianoforte Solo, Vol. II by Dante Alighieri
Cover of the book 501 Essential Spanish Verbs by Dante Alighieri
Cover of the book Arms and the Man by Dante Alighieri
Cover of the book Einstein's Legacy by Dante Alighieri
Cover of the book Human Anatomy for Artists by Dante Alighieri
Cover of the book Russian Folktales from the Collection of A. Afanasyev by Dante Alighieri
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy