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This book is translated by H. F. Cary. It comes with an introduction by Claire Honess. 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 of the journey of a character who is at one and the same time both Dante himself and Everyman through the three realms of the Christian afterlife: Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. He presents a vision of the afterlife which is strikingly original in its conception, with a complex architecture and a coherent structure. On this journey Dante's protagonist - and his reader - meet characters who are variously noble, grotesque, beguiling, fearful, ridiculous, admirable, horrific and tender, and through them he is shown the consequences of sin, repentance and virtue, as he learns to avoid Hell and, through cleansing in Purgatory, to taste the joys of Heaven.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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A fantastically adept translation of a masterful classic; with useful introductions and notes which make sense of the text. Good quality & inexpensive!
4 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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The Divine Comedy is one of those works that we feel every so often that we should read, but never quite get round to. Seeing the film "The Bucket List", which had several references to Dante, made me place the order.
It's very individual, but I found this translation tortuous and uninvolving - I'll try again with another.
It's very individual, but I found this translation tortuous and uninvolving - I'll try again with another.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Product arrived on time in good packaging and is a great addition to my book collection. Although a long and in depth book it is a Very interesting read.
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dante is heavy reading
13th century itallian epic poem translated to old english .
some good imagery (is that a word) but very heavy reading . gave me headaches.
some good imagery (is that a word) but very heavy reading . gave me headaches.
Published 20 months ago by Keith Randall
Dante's divine comedy
This book is exactly what I wanted. It arrived very promptly, was well packaged and in good condition.
Published 24 months ago by Susan E. Coates
The Divine Comedy (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)
I bought this book because I had heard it's a great classic and I thought (past tense) that the plot seemed very interesting. Read more
Published on 11 July 2009 by Cameron Walker
Horrible and Captivating
I found an old copy of this book at an antique store that contained very disturbing illustrations, showing Hell and Purgatory in all its bloody glory. Read more
Published on 27 Sep 1998
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