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The Divine Comedy

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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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Good use of diction and imagery pretty cool - weRead
I read the Inferno for research and really enjoyed it. - Goodreads
So the original prose might be lost in the translation. - weRead
Amazing imagery in this book. - weRead
Illustrations by Gustave Dore are amazing. - weRead
Especially in reference to The Inferno, I prefer mine. - weRead

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

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

User Review  - Justin - Goodreads

I survived The Inferno and climbed about three quarters of the way through The Purgatorio when my nose started bleeding. Not for me. 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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TitleThe Divine Comedy
AuthorDante Alighieri
Translated byJohn Ciardi
PublisherPenguin Group US, 2003
ISBN1101117990, 9781101117996
Length928 pages
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Fiction / Religious
Poetry / General
  
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