The Divine Comedy

by Dante, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Translator), Gustave Dore (Illustrator)

Overview

Dante's Divine Comedy is one of the most highly regarded works of world literature and a classic that continues to inspire fiction and poetry today. Written between 1308 and 1321, the three books of this epic poem—"Inferno," "Purgatorio," and "Paradiso"—tell the story of the poet's personal journey through the afterlife, an odyssey that leads him from his wanderings in the spiritual wilderness to a paradise shaped by Divine love.

This edition of The Divine Comedy features the classic translation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It also features more than one hundred engravings by Gustave Dore, long considered the greatest artist to illustrate Dante's timeless masterpiece.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781435146914
Publisher:	Fall River Press
Publication date:	04/26/2013
Series:	Amazing Values Series
Pages:	712
Sales rank:	15,734
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 2.20(d)

About the Author

Durante degli Alighieri, known as Dante (1265–1321), was a major Italian poet of the Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy is widely considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature

Paul Gustave Doré (January 6, 1832 – January 23, 1883) was a French artist, engraver, illustrator and sculptor. Doré worked primarily with wood engraving and steel engraving.