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The Divine Comedy: Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso (Everyman's Library)
 

The Divine Comedy: Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso (in one volume) (Everyman's Library (Cloth))

by Dante Alighieri

(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)

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.

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  • Luella S

    luella s said:

    “One can only marvel as Dante wrote during a time of total church control... he had to walk a tightrope. He was successful!”

    posted Thursday, August 21 2008
  • dlaff

    dlaff said:

    “Inferno is definitely the most accessable, however if you have a good set of notes, purgatory and paradise are unbelievable....or take a look at my webpage that tours the afterlife with Dante (www.davelafferty.com)... I know shameless plug, but this work is too incredible to miss out on.”

    posted Sunday, May 4 2008
  • Maria Joanne

    maria joanne said:

    “I have read inferno a few times but find Purgatorio; Paradiso really heavy weather. I should have just bought inferno and left it at that. ”

    posted Thursday, December 20 2007
  • Tena k

    tena k said:

    “amazing book
    ”

    posted Sunday, November 25 2007
  • Roxpie86

    roxpie86 said:

    “I loved the Inferno, but the other two parts aren't as strong in my opinion.”

    posted Thursday, November 22 2007
  • Rhapsody Singer

    rhapsody singer said:

    “amazing. But may be what Dante searches for is nothing but love!”

    posted Sunday, October 14 2007
  • EmilyRuth78

    emilyruth78 said:

    “I admit I had trouble with Paradiso, but the Inferno was wonderful, and Purgatory was fine. The Ciardi translation is really the best one to read.”

    posted Thursday, July 12 2007
  • In Like Flynn

    in like flynn said:

    “Surely the most important aspect of this book was that it almost single handedly created the Modern Italian language?”

    posted Tuesday, July 3 2007 ( | view 1 reply )
  • pbvalla

    pbvalla said:

    “The last part of The Inferno was brilliant. I will always remember the guy eating the head of the guy next to him, stuck in the frozen land around Satan. What a visual. I can't see Hell any other way now. Thanks, Dante.”

    posted Tuesday, June 5 2007
  • pbvalla

    pbvalla said:

    “I studied this a year ago in my Great Works of Western Literature class and I've been dying to discuss this with my professor, although he'd disagree with what I have to say.

    I would definitely recommend teaching The Inferno and just that. I studied the entire book in my Western Lit class and while I enjoyed The Inferno immensely, the rest of the book dragged on. My professor wanted to be able to understand the entire picture, and while that's all well and good, I think the whole commedia gets "annoying" when you're forced to study the entire thing. The Inferno was a fantastic bit in itself but by the time I got to Paradiso and there were just balls of lights floating around, I wanted to toss the whole weighty book at my professor. ;-)”

    posted Tuesday, June 5 2007
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