The Divine Comedy: Filibooks Classics (Illustrated)
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (741 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01BVTSXS4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 465 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Language Notes Text: English, Italian (translation)
Wrong and Misleading Reviews Wayne Derber It seems to me that almost all of these reviews are NOT for this specific book. They must be for a different one. Many of these reviews refer to a translation of "The Divine Comedy" by John Ciardi and also refer to the book having many wonderful helpful notes. That certainly is NOT true of the book listed here. This book is translated by Longfellow and has absolutely NO notes (no preface, no introduction, no summary, no footnotes, and not even any information on the back cover). . Not a good download Lynette The links all go to the first book. If you click on Cantos 1 in Inferno it will go to Cantos 1 in paradise. In addition to that the INferno book is missing a ton of sections. It says it has them until you get to them and realize the pages are missing. Inferno is very chopped up. This kindle version is not readable.Also, when flipping through the book it is very slow and often acts like it is frozen.. Easy read; genius masterpiece prelude122 Absolute classic, genius, masterful masterpiece. Easy reading, amazing flow, rhythm and rhyme. I don't think anything as brilliant as this is will ever be written again. There is an introduction before each of the 3 books that gives historical background and an explanation of the characters and the depth of meaning. There are notes throughout as well. There is also a brief set up at the beginning of each Canto, similar to the set up of a Shakespeare play. This is easier to read t
Taking asylum in Ravenna late in life, Dante completed his Divine Commedia, considered one of the most important works of Western literature, before his death in 1321. Dante Alighieri was born in 1265 in Florence to a family of minor nobility. He entered into Florentine politics in 1295, but he and his party were forced into exile in a host
The Divine Comedy (Divina Commedia) is an epic poem by Dante Alighieri. Dante presents an imaginative vision of the afterlife that is representative of the medieval worldview, as it had developed in the Western Church by the 14th century. The poem is divided into three parts: Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise).. The poem is one of the greatest works of Italian literature