The Divine Comedy: Hell (Volume 1) (Penguin Black Classics Series)

Name: The Divine Comedy: Hell (Volume 1) (Penguin Black Classics Series)
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Rating: 4.0 (1 reviews)
ISBN: 9780140440065

Alighieri Dante

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30 June 1950

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Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous journey towards God. Together they descend through the twenty-four circles of the underworld and encounter the tormented souls of the damned - from heretics and pagans to gluttons, criminals and seducers - who tell of their sad fates and predict events still to come in Dante's life. In this first part of his Divine Comedy, Dante fused satire and humour with intellect and soaring passion to create an immortal Christian allegory of mankind's search for self-knowledge and spiritual enlightenment.

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9 years ago
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I like the rhythms and the rhymes in this a lot. Took a couple of attempts to complete reading it and I had to start over when I did. I wrestled with the classical references and overtones and I wondered about why one or two of the people Dante had judged were in hell that I thought were saints. The Divine Comedy as a whole I like and it gets better!
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