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The Divine Comedy

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466 Reviews
Penguin Group US, May 27, 2003 - Poetry - 928 pages

Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up the arduous slopes of Purgatory, and on to the glorious realm of Paradise—the sphere of universal harmony and eternal salvation.

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@HolyHaha I have to climb a mountain now? You got to be kidding me. Is this a joke? Who the hell came up with story? VIIIRRRGGGILLLLLLLLLLL!

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Amazing piece of prose. - weRead
This book is extroadinarily difficult to read. - weRead
Good use of diction and imagery pretty cool - weRead
Beautiful book specially the ending :) - weRead
I read the Inferno for research and really enjoyed it. - Goodreads
Amazing imagery in this book. - weRead

Review: The Divine Comedy (The Divine Comedy #1-3)

User Review  - Patrick Sadeghi-tajar - Goodreads

A must read for anyone who wants to understand the greatest Catholic poet of all time. The Ciardi translation demystifies the metaphors Dante used to make his case that secular knowledge complemented ... Read full review

Review: The Divine Comedy (The Divine Comedy #1-3)

User Review  - Paulina - Goodreads

I hate this book. I went until the end of the infer but I could stand it anymore. I felt that I spent more time reading the footnotes and trying to understand who were those that where in each one of the circles and why they where there that really enjoying the book. Read full review

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About the author (2003)

John Ciardi was a distinguished poet and professor, having taught at Harvard and Rutgers universities, and a poetry editor of The Saturday Review. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Institute of Arts and Letters. In 1955 he won the Harriet Monroe Memorial Award, and in 1956, the Prix de Rome. He died in 1986.

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