Recognizing that the Inferno was, for Dante and his peers, not simply an allegory but the most realistic work of fiction to date, he points out that hell was a lot like Italy of Dante's time.
In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history's most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces--Dante's "Inferno"--as he battles a chilling adversary and ...
In the Inferno, Dante not only judges sin but strives to understand it so that the reader can as well.
Featuring the original Italian text opposite the translation, this edition also offers an extensive and accessible introduction and generous commentaries that draw on centuries of scholarship as well as Robert Hollander’s own decades of ...
Poet, essayist and performer Eileen Myles' chronicle transmits an energy and vividness that will not soon leave its readers.
This definitive edition of Dante's masterpiece — translated by the great American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — features stunning engravings by Gustave Doré, an eminent 19th-century illustrator of classics.
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He describes the encounter with his contemporary Venedico Caccianemico before turning his attention to Jason, the fabled adventurer. Despite Jason's long list of exploits, Dante devotes more lines to the meeting ...
Along the way, he meets a number of interesting figures. This edition uses the classic translation by the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882).
This book is the best visual companion and reference to any Inferno book every written. The canvases versions of the art published in this book sell between$5,000 and $30,000, so this book is a bargain no matter how you look atit.
With only a few lines from Dante’s The Inferno to guide them, they must decipher a sequence of codes buried deep within some of the Renaissance’s most celebrated artworks to find the answers to a puzzle which may, or may not, help them ...