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The Doré Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy (Paperback)

by Gustave Doré (Author)
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  • Paperback: 141 pages
  • Publisher: Dover Publications Inc. (Jul 1976)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 048623231X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0486232317
  • Product Dimensions: 29.6 x 22.6 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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Reproductions of Dore's scenes from the Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso are accompanied by lines from Longfellow's translation.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Gustave Dore's superb engravings for Dante's classic work, 29 April 2005
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I have a horrible confession to make: I much prefer to look at Gustave Dore's fantastic and grotesque scenes depicting Dante's "Divine Comedy" with just appropriate lines from the Longfellow translation then have to deal with all those tercets. Even worse, I think these 135 illustrations from the 1861 edition comprise Dore's best body of work, even better than his famous Bible illustrations completed five years later, mainly because I think Dore's style is better suited to the depths of Hell and the realms of Purgatory, rather than the stories of the Bible. Clearly Dore found his kindred soul mate in Dante and even though he did classic engravings to illustrate everything from "Don Quixote" to "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," this is his monumental achievement. Many admirers like the plates depicting the souls writhing in the fiery torments of Hell, but my favorite has to do with the lower level of hell where Dante and Virgil encounter the souls frozen in ice (Canto XXXII). This Dover edition is relatively inexpensive, which means the paper quality is geared towards economy rather than reproduction, but I think that it a satisfactory tradeoff, all things considered.
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38 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning Pictures, 18 May 2001
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This book is fantastic for reading along side the Divine Comedy, as it clearly shows Dore's interpretations of Dante's book. It allows you to understand The Divine Comedy better in that it gives you a visual stimulus for some of the harder to understand parts of the book. Dore's pictures are fascinating, and also intriguing. I would definately recommend this book for anyone who is reading The Divine Comedy
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5.0 out of 5 stars In a word--- Fantastic, 3 Mar 2005
Beautiful portraits detailing the story of the Divine Comedy from Inferno to Paradise. Complements the text wonderfully.
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