Dante: Inferno
THE ORIGINAL MASTERPIECE Inferno (Italian for Hell ) is the first part of Dante Alighieri s 14th-century epic poem Divine Comedy. It is an allegory telling of the journey of Dante through Hell, guided by the Roman poet Virgil. In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine circles of suffering located...
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THE ORIGINAL MASTERPIECE Inferno (Italian for Hell ) is the first part of Dante Alighieri s 14th-century epic poem Divine Comedy. It is an allegory telling of the journey of Dante through Hell, guided by the Roman poet Virgil. In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine circles of suffering located within the Earth. Allegorically, the Divine Comedy represents the journey of the soul towards God, with the Inferno describing the recognition and rejection of sin.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780989312004 (0989312003)
Publish date: April 15th 2013
Publisher: Benton Press
Pages no: 152
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Classic Literature,
Medieval,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Horror,
Italian Literature
Series: The Divine Comedy -3 (#1)
2.5 Ehhhhhhhhh
It's Book Circle day, and also the 24th day of the Doubleday UK meme which invites one to consider which book is most reminiscent of that dread and drear individual, The English Teacher. http://tinyurl.com/la754n4 It's poetry. The ***ONLY*** reason I read poetry is that it's somehow assigned rea...
The Inferno is one of those books that everyone talks about, but very few people seem to have actually read. It’s a classic of the highest order, and after having read it myself, I have to say I agree with that verdict. It is genuinely magnificently written, and I have both Dante and John Ciardi to ...
Dante's lively, conical hell is vivacious, and his story is presented as history, allowing its spiritual and philosophical significance to emerge unforced. It offers a nuanced view of human action, thought, character and judgement, as well as the role of divine justice.All this might seem unappealin...
Eerste zin: "Op het midden van den weg onzes levens, hervond ik mij in een donker woud, omdat de Rechte Weg verloren was." P. 99: "Er is een plaats in de Hel, genaamd de Buidelen des kwaads, geheel van steen van de kleur van ijzerroest eveneens als de cirkel, die haar van rondom omgeeft." Laatste ...
11 years ago
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