The Divine Comedy
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Excellent
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Few works in the history of human thought have dared to chart the full geography of the soul, yet Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy accomplishes precisely that with breathtaking audacity and moral precision. Written in the early 14th century, this monumental epic poem follows Dante himself as he journeys through the three realms of the afterlife — Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso — guided first by the Roman poet Virgil and then by his beloved Beatrice, encountering the damned, the penitent, and the blessed in a cosmos of sublime poetic order. Rendered into vivid, muscular English by John Ciardi and accompanied by the haunting engravings of Gustave Doré, this edition transforms a cornerstone of Western literature into an immersive visual and literary experience. Dante's allegory of sin, redemption, and divine grace resonates far beyond its medieval theological framework, speaking with urgent clarity to themes of justice, love, and the human longing for transcendence. Whether encountering it for the first time or returning to its inexhaustible depths, readers will find that The Divine Comedy does not merely describe another world — it holds up a mirror to this one.
Author: Dante Alighieri
Format: Hardback
Published: 1983, The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Excellent
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Few works in the history of human thought have dared to chart the full geography of the soul, yet Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy accomplishes precisely that with breathtaking audacity and moral precision. Written in the early 14th century, this monumental epic poem follows Dante himself as he journeys through the three realms of the afterlife — Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso — guided first by the Roman poet Virgil and then by his beloved Beatrice, encountering the damned, the penitent, and the blessed in a cosmos of sublime poetic order. Rendered into vivid, muscular English by John Ciardi and accompanied by the haunting engravings of Gustave Doré, this edition transforms a cornerstone of Western literature into an immersive visual and literary experience. Dante's allegory of sin, redemption, and divine grace resonates far beyond its medieval theological framework, speaking with urgent clarity to themes of justice, love, and the human longing for transcendence. Whether encountering it for the first time or returning to its inexhaustible depths, readers will find that The Divine Comedy does not merely describe another world — it holds up a mirror to this one.