The Divine Comedy - Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso
- Inferno, Purgatorio, & Paradiso
- Recommended by Pope Francis for the Year of Mercy
A stunning 3-in-1 edition of one of the great works of Western literature.
An epic masterpiece and a foundational work of the Western canon,Ā The Divine ComedyĀ 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 is a brilliantly nuanced and moving allegory of human redemption. This acclaimed blank verse translation is published here in a one-volume edition in Penguin Classics' black-spine dress.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700Ā titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theĀ series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-dateĀ translations by award-winning translators.
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- Inferno, Purgatorio, & Paradiso
- Recommended by Pope Francis for the Year of Mercy
A stunning 3-in-1 edition of one of the great works of Western literature.
An epic masterpiece and a foundational work of the Western canon,Ā The Divine ComedyĀ 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 is a brilliantly nuanced and moving allegory of human redemption. This acclaimed blank verse translation is published here in a one-volume edition in Penguin Classics' black-spine dress.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700Ā titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theĀ series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-dateĀ translations by award-winning translators.
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- Inferno, Purgatorio, & Paradiso
- Recommended by Pope Francis for the Year of Mercy
A stunning 3-in-1 edition of one of the great works of Western literature.
An epic masterpiece and a foundational work of the Western canon,Ā The Divine ComedyĀ 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 is a brilliantly nuanced and moving allegory of human redemption. This acclaimed blank verse translation is published here in a one-volume edition in Penguin Classics' black-spine dress.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700Ā titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theĀ series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-dateĀ translations by award-winning translators.
