Dante's Inferno (English and Italian Edition) - Hardcover

Dante Alighieri

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0253141842 ISBN 13: 9780253141842

Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr, 1971

Synopsis

An introductory essay on Dante's poetic style and devices prefaces a translation of the classic about man's spiritual journey

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About the Author:

Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), commonly known as Dante, was an Italian poet of the Middle Ages. He was born in Florence; he died and is buried in Ravenna. The name Dante is, according to the words of Jacopo Alighieri, a hypocorism for Durante. In contemporary documents it is followed by the patronymic Alagherii or de Alagheriis; it was Boccaccio who popularized the form Alighieri. His Divine Comedy, originally called Commedia by the author and later nicknamed Divina by Boccaccio, is often considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature. In Italy he is known as "the Supreme Poet" (il Sommo Poeta) or just il Poeta. Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio are also known as "the three fountains" or "the three crowns". Dante is also called the "Father of the Italian language".

About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1971
• ISBN 10: 0253141842
• ISBN 13: 9780253141842
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1