Inferno
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(21 ratings)256 pages2011HarperCollins Publishers LimitedISBN 9780007902095
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About this book
<p>HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.</p> <br> <br> <p>'There is no greater sorrow then to recall our times of joy in wretchedness.'</p> <p>Considered one of the greatest medieval poems written in the common vernacular of the time, Dante's Inferno begins on Good Friday in the year 1300. As he wanders through a dark forest, Dante loses his way and stumbles across the ghost of the poet Virgil. Virgil promises to lead him back to the top of the mountain, but to do so, they must pass through Hell, encountering all manner of shocking horrors, sins and evil torments along the way, evoking questions about God's justice, human behaviour and Christianity.</p>
Publication Details
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Limited
- Published
- 2011
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN
- 9780007902095
- Language
- en
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Dante was an Italian poet of the Middle Ages. The name Dante is, according to the words of Jacopo Alighieri, a hypocorism for Durante. In contemporary documents it is followed by the patronymic Alagherii or de Alagheriis; it was Boccaccio who popularized the form Alighieri. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Alighieri Painter of this picture of Dante is Sandro Botticelli, See the new edition of the comedy published by Ateliê Editorial of São Paulo, Brazil, trabslation in verso terza rima complete by João Trentino Ziller
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