"Dante and Shakespeare divide the modern world between them. There is no third." T. S. Eliot"Dantes poem is, for many, the greatest single work of Western literature." Ian Thompson."I love my Dante as much as the Bible. He is my spiritual food, the rest is ballast." James Joyce.In the middle of our lifes journey, I found myself in a dark wood/Bewildered, and I knew I had lost the way so opens Dantes Divine Comedy, "the best book literature has achieved" as Jorge Luis Borges writes.Dantes Inferno, 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 Dantes wide and comprehensive learning, and his deep understanding of contemporary politics and society. "All life is contained in the poem, for Dantes was an allencompassing imagination, that interwove classical philosophy with Catholic doctrine and contemporary politics," (Ian Thompson).The thirtythree cantos of Inferno 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. The Inferno is the most gripping and engaging book of The Divine Comedy, as Dante meets those damned for forbidden love, and all manner of human vices. (The damned, amusingly, include many of Dantes enemies!) Inferno is the logical...

Binding: Paperback;142 pages; Publisher: Benediction Books; Classification: N/A; Weight: 349.52 g; Dimensions: N/A

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