The Divine Comedy; The Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso
by Dante Alighieri
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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Synopsis
Dante Alighieri was born in 1265. Considered Italy's greatest poet, this scion of a Florentine family mastered in the art of lyric poetry at an early age. His first major work is La Vita Nuova (1292) which is a tribute to Beatrice Portinari, the great love of his life. Married to Gemma Donatic, Dante's political activism resulted in his being exiled from Florence to eventually settle in Ravenna. It is believed that The Divine Comedy —comprised of three canticles, The Inferno, The Purgatorio , and The Paradiso —was written between 1308 and 1320. Dante Alighieri died in 1321.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010697
- Title
- The Divine Comedy; The Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso
- Author
- Dante Alighieri
- Illustrator
- Gustave Dore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1948
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Dante, Inferno, Hell, Purgatory, Paradise, circles of hell, cantos, prose poetry, The Divine Comedy, Godhead, Mountain of Purgatory, circles of Hell,
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
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