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By (author) Alighieri, Dante

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Part of Alma Classics Dante Collection to include all the works by the Italian bard. This edition is published to celebrate 700th anniversary of the death of the mediaeval poet and it includes extensive notes, illustrations by Gustave Doré and a critical apparatus focusing on the author’s life and works.

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Dante’sdramatic journey down the circles of Hell, up the mountain of Purgatory andthrough the spheres of Heaven in search of redemption – and his encounterwith devils, monsters and the souls of sinners and saints – is one of thecornerstones of Western literature, the summit of medieval thinking andarguably the highest poetic achievement of all time.

This 700th Anniversary Edition of The Divine Comedy is presented in a versetranslation by acclaimed poet and prize-winning translator J.G. Nichols,together with extensive notes, illustrations by Gustave Doré and a criticalapparatus focusing on the author’s life and works.

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For sheer liveliness, combined with accuracy and closeness to the text, it will be hard to rival. – A.N. Wilson

Biographical note:
Born inFlorence, Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) is considered to be the father ofItalian poetry and one of the greatest influences in world literature. Hismasterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is the zenith of medieval knowledge and aparagon of poetic imagination. Its first part, the Inferno, remains one ofthe most popular books of all time.

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Part ofAlma Classics Dante Collection to include all the works by the Italian bard.This edition is published to celebrate 700th anniversary of the death of themediaeval poet and it includes extensive notes, illustrations by Gustave Doréand a critical apparatus focusing on the author’s life and works.

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Newedition published to mark the 700th anniversary of the poet’s death

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Presented here in a verse translation by acclaimed poet and prize-winning translator J.G. Nichols

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Contains extensive notes, black and white illustrations by Gustave Doré and a critical apparatus focusing on the author’s life and works