{"product_id":"inferno-hardcover-4","title":"Inferno - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDante\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHenry Wadsworth Longfellow\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eDante and Shakespeare divide the modern world between them. There is no third.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - T. S. Eliot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Dante's poem is, for many, the greatest single work of Western literature.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - Ian Thompson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I love my Dante as much as the Bible. He is my spiritual food, the rest is ballast.\" - James Joyce.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the middle of our life's journey, I found myself in a dark wood\/Bewildered, and I knew I had lost the way\u003c\/em\u003e: so opens Dante's \u003cem\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e, \"the best book literature has achieved\" as Jorge Luis Borges writes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDante's \u003cem\u003eInferno\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the greatest works of European literature, and \"the most original and audacious treatment of the afterlife in Western literature\" dazzles with its vivid and inventive storytelling and imagery. However, it contains much more than poetry and theology; it displays Dante's wide and comprehensive learning, and his deep understanding of contemporary politics and society. \"All life is contained in the poem, for Dante's was an all-encompassing imagination, that interwove classical philosophy with Catholic doctrine and contemporary politics,\" (Ian Thompson).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe thirty-three cantos of\u003cem\u003e Inferno\u003c\/em\u003e follow Dante, as, guided by the epic poet, Virgil, he travels through the nine descending circles of a freezing Hell, until he meets Satan trapped at the bottom. \u003cem\u003eThe Inferno\u003c\/em\u003e is the most gripping and engaging book of \u003cem\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e, as Dante meets those damned for forbidden love, and all manner of human vices. (The damned, amusingly, include many of Dante's enemies!) \u003cem\u003eInferno\u003c\/em\u003e is the logical conclusion of all that is worst in human life. It is bearable only because Dante eventually emerges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e was written over a period of twenty years towards the end of Dante's life. It was appreciated as a masterpiece soon after its completion, and it has captivated both readers and the Western imagination ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eInferno\u003c\/em\u003e is the most widely translated book after the Bible. This edition is translated by the celebrated poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDante Alighieri, \u003c\/strong\u003e (1265-1321) was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary critic, philosopher, and political thinker and adviser. He is regarded as the greatest Italian writer. As one of the earliest forerunners of the Renaissance, predating Chaucer, he set the stage for the explosion of creativity that was to follow. Dante is best known for \u003cem\u003eThe Divine Comedy, \u003c\/em\u003ewhich remains the greatest work of Italian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 142\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47335623721209,"sku":"9781789432565","price":30.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/MXJxVGJMNHlJeklnS215WDE5N2tpZz09.webp?v=1769663394","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/inferno-hardcover-4","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}