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Series
Lexile measure
1220L
Language
English
Description
A stunning 3-in-1 deluxe edition of one of the great works of Western literature. An epic masterpiece and a foundational work of the Western canon, The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as his guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and reunion with his dead love, Beatrice; and, finally, his arrival in Heaven. Examining questions of faith, desire, and enlightenment and furnished with semiautobiographical details, Dante's poem...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
11 audio discs (approximately 13 hr., 30 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Dante's theme is universal. ... The story is an allegory representing the soul's journey from spiritual depths to spiritual heights. As mankind exposes itself, by its merits or demerits, to the rewards or the punishments of justice, it experiences 'Inferno' or hell, 'Purgatorio' or purgatory, and 'Paradiso' or heaven, a vision of a world of beauty, light, and song"--container.
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Lexile measure
1270L
Physical Desc
3 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
This first volume of this new Divine Comedy presents the Italian text of the Inferno and, on facing pages, a new prose translation (the first in twenty-five years). The editor's translation brings a new power and accuracy to the rendering of Dante's extraordinary vision of Hell, with all its terror, pathos, and sardonic humor, and its penetrating analyses of the psychology of sin and the ills that plague society. The introduction and notes are designed...