Dante Alighieri

Gebundenes Buch

Dante's Inferno (Deluxe Library Edition)

Beschreibung

Published between 1308 and 1321, 'Dante's Inferno' is the first part of the 14th-Century epic poem Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher. It is by far the most popular and well-known of the books in the Divine Comedy trilogy because of its portrayal and understanding of the moral and spiritual pitfalls which still torment us today. The allegory depicts Dante's journey through the depths of Hell. He is led by the Roman poet Virgil down into the nine circles of Hell, each of which holds and punishes progressively worse sinners. From the 'First Circle', where unbaptized souls live in peaceful limbo, down to the 'Ninth Circle', where Satan is trapped in ice, Dante sees firsthand the consequence of unrepentantly sinning against God. "Through me, you go into a city of weeping; through me, you go into eternal pain; through me, you go amongst the lost people." -Dante Alighieri, The Inferno

Autor

Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri, commonly known by his pen name Dante Alighieri or simply as Dante, was an Italian poet. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered the most important poem of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language. In the Late Middle Ages, most poetry was written in Latin, making it accessible only to the most educated readers. In De vulgari eloquentia (On Eloquence in the Vernacular), however, Dante defended the use of the vernacular in literature. He would even write in the Tuscan dialect for works such as The New Life (1295) and the Divine Comedy; this highly unorthodox choice set a precedent that important later Italian writers such as Petrarch and Boccaccio would follow. Dante was instrumental in establishing the literature of Italy, and his depictions of Hell, Purgatory and Heaven provided inspiration for the larger body of Western art. He is cited as an influence on John Milton, Geoffrey Chaucer and Alfred Tennyson, among many others. In addition, the first use of the interlocking three-line rhyme scheme, or the terza rima, is attributed to him. He is described as the "father" of the Italian language, and in Italy, he is often referred to as il Sommo Poeta ("the Supreme Poet"). Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio are also called the tre corone ("three crowns") of Italian literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Repro India Limited
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9789354995354
• ISBN-10: 9354995357
• Artikelnr.: 67151447