Guided by the soul of the roman poet virgil, dante travels down through the nine circles of hell and witnesses the punishments eternally suffered by the souls of deceased sinners. To the knowledge of dantes life and character which is thus to be acquired, the formal. It was number one on the new york times best seller list for hardcover fiction and combined print. The edge of the book that covers the binding has a snake engraved on it between the title and the illustrated by dore. Project gutenbergs the divine comedy of dante alighieri, by dante alighieri this. What is the value of dantes inferno book, translated by.
Armand schwerners translation of the inferno, as presented here, was one of his. Rodin thought particularly of dantes warning over the entrance of the inferno, abandon. Dantes inferno translated from the original of dante alighieri by henry francis cary and illustrated by gustave dore. Augustines views on universal history in the city of god. The binding has heavy thread and the pages have gold sides on all three sides when the book is closed. The book was published on may 14, 20, ten years after publication of the da vinci code 2003, by doubleday. Dantes misgivingsvirgils account of how he was induced to come to his. Divine comedy were active just preceding or during dantes lifetime. The inferno tells the journey of dante through hell, guided by the ancient roman poet virgil. His the gates of hell, commissioned in 1880 for the future museum of the. Inferno by dante, illustrated gustave dore abebooks. Dantes inferno book clutch by psbesitos on etsy book clutch, book purse, jane eyre. The divine comedy the core curriculum columbia college.
An entry way at the defunct miracle strip amusement park, panama city beach florida. Others besides guido must have recognisedpg lii in the little book, as it. But ere that time he had studied to good effect, and not books alone, but the world. The project gutenberg ebook of the inferno, translated by james. In dante alighieri s inferno, the poet and pilgrim dante embarks on a spiritual journey.
During the first world war, warren loaned it to lewes town hall. In the poem, hell is depicted as nine concentric circles of torment located within the earth. Through me the way into the suffering city, through me the way to the eternal pain, through me the way. The gates of hell is a monumental sculptural group work by french artist auguste rodin that depicts a scene from the inferno, the first section of dante alighieris divine comedy. Armand schwerners translation of canto xv from dantes inferno. The embracing nude couple depicted in the sculpture appeared originally as part of a group of reliefs decorating rodin s monumental bronze portal the gates of hell, commissioned for a planned museum of art in paris. See more ideas about dantes inferno, dante alighieri and gustave dore.
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