Description
The Divine Comedy begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in the year 1300. It proceeds on a journey that, in its intense recreation 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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Dante Alighieri
Published: 06/03/2025
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
ISBN: 9781454959670
Pages: 568
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 1.70″ H x 7.90″ L x 5.20″ W
About the Author
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was instrumental in establishing the literature of Italy, and is considered to be among the country’s national poets and the Western world’s greatest literary icons. His depictions of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven provided inspiration for the larger body of Western art and literature. He influenced English writers such as Geoffrey Chaucer, John Milton, and Alfred Tennyson, among many others.
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